Ones | Tenths | Hundredths | Thousandths | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
8.987 | 8 | . | 9 | 8 | 7 |
Expanded Form of 8.987:
8.987 = (8 * 100) + (9 * 1/101) + (8 * 1/102) + (7 * 1/103)
8.987 = (8 * 1) + (9 * 1/10) + (8 * 1/100) + (7 * 1/1,000)
8.987 = 8 + 9/10 + 8/100 + 7/1,000
8.987 = 8 + 0.9 + 0.08 + 0.007