Thomas says that 35/1000 can be written as 0.35 is he correct? If not justify your reasoning and give the CORRECT decimal equivalent
Bonus: write 682,027,103,391.045 in word form
No, he is not correct because .35 is 35 hundredths and 35/1000 is .035 which is 35 thousandths.
Witch one is farther 0.35 or 35/1000
682 billion 27 million 103 thousand 391 hundred and 45 ones
To determine if Thomas is correct, we need to convert 35/1000 into decimal form.
To convert a fraction to a decimal, you divide the numerator (top number) by the denominator (bottom number). In this case, divide 35 by 1000:
35 ÷ 1000 = 0.035
Therefore, the correct decimal equivalent for 35/1000 is 0.035, not 0.35.
As for the bonus question, to write 682,027,103,391.045 in word form, you can break down the number into its different place values.
682 billion
27 million
103 thousand
391
and 45 thousandths
He's not correct.
35/1000 =
Divide the numerator by the denominator.
682,027,103,391.045 =
six hundred eighty-two million, twenty-seven thousand, one hundred three thousand, three hundred ninety-one and forty-five hundredths