Ones | Tenths | Hundredths | Thousandths | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
2.561 | 2 | . | 5 | 6 | 1 |
Expanded Form of 2.561:
2.561 = (2 * 100) + (5 * 1/101) + (6 * 1/102) + (1 * 1/103)
2.561 = (2 * 1) + (5 * 1/10) + (6 * 1/100) + (1 * 1/1,000)
2.561 = 2 + 5/10 + 6/100 + 1/1,000
2.561 = 2 + 0.5 + 0.06 + 0.001