How can you use place value to describe how 0.05 and 0.005 compare

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1 June, 16:39

How can you use place value to describe how 0.05 and 0.005 compare

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Pranav Delacruz · Answer 1

Since. 05 is in the hundredths place, this means that the fraction form of this decimal is 05/100 (or just 5/100)

.005 is in the thousandths place so the fraction form of this decimal is 005/1000 (or just 5/1000)

now to make it easy to relate them, just make them both the same denominator.

.05 is the same as. 050 so 5/100 is the same as 50/1000.

so now our two fractions to relate are 50/1000 and 5/1000.

5 x 10 is 50 so the first decimal (.05) is ten times the size of the second fraction (.005)