Ones | Tenths | Hundredths | Thousandths | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
5.721 | 5 | . | 7 | 2 | 1 |
Expanded Form of 5.721:
5.721 = (5 * 100) + (7 * 1/101) + (2 * 1/102) + (1 * 1/103)
5.721 = (5 * 1) + (7 * 1/10) + (2 * 1/100) + (1 * 1/1,000)
5.721 = 5 + 7/10 + 2/100 + 1/1,000
5.721 = 5 + 0.7 + 0.02 + 0.001