Ones | Tenths | Hundredths | Thousandths | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
8.538 | 8 | . | 5 | 3 | 8 |
Expanded Form of 8.538:
8.538 = (8 * 100) + (5 * 1/101) + (3 * 1/102) + (8 * 1/103)
8.538 = (8 * 1) + (5 * 1/10) + (3 * 1/100) + (8 * 1/1,000)
8.538 = 8 + 5/10 + 3/100 + 8/1,000
8.538 = 8 + 0.5 + 0.03 + 0.008