Ones | Tenths | Hundredths | Thousandths | Ten Thousandths | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
0.5878 | 0 | . | 5 | 8 | 7 | 8 |
Expanded Form of 0.5878:
0.5878 = (5 * 1/101) + (8 * 1/102) + (7 * 1/103) + (8 * 1/104)
0.5878 = (5 * 1/10) + (8 * 1/100) + (7 * 1/1,000) + (8 * 1/10,000)
0.5878 = 5/10 + 8/100 + 7/1,000 + 8/10,000
0.5878 = 0.5 + 0.08 + 0.007 + 0.0008