Sarah said that 0.00001 is bigger than 0.001 because the first number has more digits to the right of the decimal point. Is Sara

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Natali5045456 [20]

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Sarah said that 0.00001 is bigger than 0.001 because the first number has more digits to the right of the decimal point. Is Sara

h correct? Explain

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Ivanshal [37] · Answer 1 · 2022-02-02T08:10:48+03:00

Ivanshal [37]4 years ago

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No, she is wrong. 0.00001 has 4 zeros in front of the one and behind the decimal, making it 1/100000 or 1/10^5. For 0.001, there are 2 zeros in front, making it 1/1000 or 1/10^3. Since a number gets smaller as the denominator gets larger, and 10^5>10^3, 1/10^5<1/10^3