Tens | Ones | Tenths | Hundredths | Thousandths | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
52.879 | 5 | 2 | . | 8 | 7 | 9 |
Expanded Form of 52.879:
52.879 = (5 * 101) + (2 * 100) + (8 * 1/101) + (7 * 1/102) + (9 * 1/103)
52.879 = (5 * 10) + (2 * 1) + (8 * 1/10) + (7 * 1/100) + (9 * 1/1,000)
52.879 = 50 + 2 + 8/10 + 7/100 + 9/1,000
52.879 = 50 + 2 + 0.8 + 0.07 + 0.009