Two and four hundred eight ten-thousandths

2.4080

Mrs. Sue how did you get that answer. Do you multiply?

No. I just replaced the words with digits.

To express "two and four hundred eight ten-thousandths" as a decimal, you can follow these steps:

Step 1: Write down the whole number part, which in this case is "two."

Step 2: Write down the decimal point.

Step 3: Convert the fraction part "four hundred eight ten-thousandths" into decimal form. To do this, divide the numerator (408) by the denominator (10,000).

408 รท 10,000 = 0.0408

Step 4: Add the decimal from Step 3 to the whole number from Step 1.

2 + 0.0408 = 2.0408

So, "two and four hundred eight ten-thousandths" can be expressed as the decimal 2.0408.