Find the place value of 7 and 8 in the number 9.7548.
(b). Write 23459/1000 in decimal form.
(c). Write 3.537 in English words.
(d). Write twelve and seventeen thousandths in decimal form.
(e). Complete the statements below, using the symbol “<” or “>”.
0.889 ____ 0.89, and ____ 0.295
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(a) To find the place value of 7 and 8 in the number 9.7548, we can look at the positions of the digits in relation to the decimal point.
In this case, the number 9.7548 has 5 digits after the decimal point. Counting from left to right, the digit 7 is in the hundredths place and the digit 8 is in the thousandths place.
So, the place value of 7 is hundredths and the place value of 8 is thousandths.
(b) To write 23459/1000 in decimal form, we divide the numerator (23459) by the denominator (1000).
Dividing 23459 by 1000 gives us 23.459.
Therefore, the decimal form of 23459/1000 is 23.459.
(c) To write 3.537 in English words, we can read each digit individually.
The digit 3 can be read as "three".
The digit 5 can be read as "five".
The digit 3 (after the decimal point) can be read as "three".
The digit 7 can be read as "seven".
Putting it all together, 3.537 can be written in English words as "three point five three seven".
(d) To write "twelve and seventeen thousandths" in decimal form, we can look at the place value of each digit.
The digit 1 represents the ones place.
The digit 2 represents the tenths place.
The digit 7 represents the hundredths place.
So, combining the digits together, "twelve and seventeen thousandths" can be written as 12.017 in decimal form.
(e)
The statement "0.889 ___ 0.89" can be completed using the symbol ">" because 0.889 is less than 0.89.
The statement "_____ 0.295" can be completed using the symbol "<" because any number is greater than 0.295.