Tens | Ones | Tenths | Hundredths | Thousandths | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
12.987 | 1 | 2 | . | 9 | 8 | 7 |
Expanded Form of 12.987:
12.987 = (1 * 101) + (2 * 100) + (9 * 1/101) + (8 * 1/102) + (7 * 1/103)
12.987 = (1 * 10) + (2 * 1) + (9 * 1/10) + (8 * 1/100) + (7 * 1/1,000)
12.987 = 10 + 2 + 9/10 + 8/100 + 7/1,000
12.987 = 10 + 2 + 0.9 + 0.08 + 0.007