| Ones | Tenths | Hundredths | Thousandths | Ten Thousandths | Hundred Thousandths | Millionths | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0.999999 | 0 | . | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 |
| 0.9999 | 0 | . | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 0 |
- The (9) in the hundred thousandths place in 0.999999 is greater than the (0) in the hundred thousandths place in 0.999900
- Therefore 0.999999 > 0.9999 (0.999999 is greater than 0.9999)
