Tens | Ones | Tenths | Hundredths | Thousandths | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
55.974 | 5 | 5 | . | 9 | 7 | 4 |
Expanded Form of 55.974:
55.974 = (5 * 101) + (5 * 100) + (9 * 1/101) + (7 * 1/102) + (4 * 1/103)
55.974 = (5 * 10) + (5 * 1) + (9 * 1/10) + (7 * 1/100) + (4 * 1/1,000)
55.974 = 50 + 5 + 9/10 + 7/100 + 4/1,000
55.974 = 50 + 5 + 0.9 + 0.07 + 0.004