If there are more 0's in front of the number in a decimal it is smaller.
Example) .003 > .0003
The reason why it is harder to visualize that a fraction is greater is because there are two numbers to look at. You basically have to take an extra step and divide.
This is the answer because if both the number of trees and hours is divided by three, you get 4 trees per hour. So it's 4 times (h) equals total amount of trees planted.