Ones | Tenths | Hundredths | Thousandths | Ten Thousandths | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
0.999 | 0 | . | 9 | 9 | 9 | 0 |
0.9999 | 0 | . | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 |
- The (0) in the ten thousandths place in 0.9990 is less than the (9) in the ten thousandths place in 0.9999
- Therefore 0.999 < 0.9999 (0.999 is less than 0.9999)