Tens | Ones | Tenths | Hundredths | Thousandths | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
28.531 | 2 | 8 | . | 5 | 3 | 1 |
Expanded Form of 28.531:
28.531 = (2 * 101) + (8 * 100) + (5 * 1/101) + (3 * 1/102) + (1 * 1/103)
28.531 = (2 * 10) + (8 * 1) + (5 * 1/10) + (3 * 1/100) + (1 * 1/1,000)
28.531 = 20 + 8 + 5/10 + 3/100 + 1/1,000
28.531 = 20 + 8 + 0.5 + 0.03 + 0.001