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Lesson 3-1

Example 1 Write a Decimal in Word Form
Write 24.408 in word form.

The last digit, 8, is in the thousandths place.

four hundred eight thousandths

and

twenty-four

24.408 is twenty-four and four hundred eight thousandths.

Example 2 Standard Form and Expanded Form
Write thiry-six and five thousandths in standard form and in expanded form.

Standard form:	36.005
Expanded form:  (3 × 10) + (6 × 1) + (0 × 0.1) + (0 × 0.01) + (5 × 0.001)