Ones | Tenths | Hundredths | Thousandths | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
2.875 | 2 | . | 8 | 7 | 5 |
Expanded Form of 2.875:
2.875 = (2 * 100) + (8 * 1/101) + (7 * 1/102) + (5 * 1/103)
2.875 = (2 * 1) + (8 * 1/10) + (7 * 1/100) + (5 * 1/1,000)
2.875 = 2 + 8/10 + 7/100 + 5/1,000
2.875 = 2 + 0.8 + 0.07 + 0.005