Question

PLEASE HELP!! Could 5.3 be the difference of 2 numbers with thousandth other than zero? Explain

Answer 1

Answer:

Yes, as long as the diference of the numbers before the thousandth is equal to "5.3" and the numbers from thousand and beyond are equal.

Step-by-step explanation:

The first number after the "." is called tenth, the second one is called hundredth and the third point is called thousandth. If the difference between two numbers up to thousandth is "5.3" then as long as from the thousandth and beyond the numbers are equal the difference between them will stay "5.3" even if these numbers are not zero, because they'll cancel out. We can have a few examples of this:

1) 1250.008789 - 1244.708789 = 5.3

2) 99.702222 - 94.402222 = 5.3