A customer named Aly has $293.145 in her account. How should Banky respond if Aly asks for her account balance?

A. Two nine three and one hundred forty-five thousandths
B. Two hundred ninety-three and one hundred forty-five tenths
C. Two hundred ninety-three and one hundred forty-five hundredths
D. Two hundred ninety-three and one hundred forty-five thousandths
E. Two hundred ninety-three tenths and forty-five thousandths

D. Two hundred ninety-three and one hundred forty-five thousandths

Your bank also pays interest on customer savings accounts. It does this by looking at each account balance to the thousandths of a dollar to give customers a more detailed idea of how much interest they are earning.

For Aly, who has $293.145 in her account, which of the following options show the value of each digit correctly?
A. 2 x 10 + 9 x 1 + 3 x (1/10) + 1 x (1/100) + 4 x (1/1000) + 5 x (10000)
B. 2 x 100 + 9 x 10 + 3 x 1 + 1 x (1/10) + 4 x (1/100) + 5 x (1/1000)
C. 2 x 1000 + 9 x 100 + 3 x 10 + 1 x (1/10) + 4 x (1/100) + 5 x (1/1000)
D. 2 x 100 + 9 x 10 + 3 x 1 + 1 x (1/1) + 4 x (1/10) + 5 (1/100)

B. 2 x 100 + 9 x 10 + 3 x 1 + 1 x (1/10) + 4 x (1/100) + 5 x (1/1000)

You want to train Banky, the robotic banking assistant, to calculate the value of each digit for any customer’s account. How would you explain the process of finding the expanded form of any number?

A. Multiply the digit in each position by the place value of that position. Then add all the products together.
B. Multiply the digit in each position by the place value of that position. Then multiply all the products together.
C. Add the digit in each position with the place value of that position. Then multiply all the sums together.
D. Add the digit in each position with the place value of that position. Then add all the sums together.

A. Multiply the digit in each position by the place value of that position. Then add all the products together.

To determine how Banky should respond to Aly when she asks for her account balance, we need to understand how to read and express decimal numbers correctly.

The given account balance is $293.145. To express this number correctly, we need to identify the place value of each digit.

$293.145 has the following breakdown:
- The digit 2 is in the hundreds place.
- The digit 9 is in the tens place.
- The digit 3 is in the ones place.
- The digit 1 is in the tenths place.
- The digit 4 is in the hundredths place.
- The digit 5 is in the thousandths place.

Therefore, Banky should respond to Aly's request by saying "Two hundred ninety-three and one hundred forty-five thousandths" which matches option D.