Question

Which is bigger 11.34 or 11.340?

Answer 1

Answer:

11.34

Step-by-step explanation:

11.34

Answer 2

Answer and Step-by-step explanation:

Both of these questions equal the same thing.

For example, typically in a normal math situation, a number like this: 4.5 would be bigger than the number 4.10.

When looking at a decimal, first you should look at the ones place, which (going back to the real problem) would be the 11 in both questions. But, both of the whole numbers are the same, so this doesn't work.

Instead, we will look at the tenths placement, which would be the 3 behind the decimal. Still, they are the same. So, we will try the hundredths placement, which is the 4 in this problem. Still, no.

Now we check the thousandths placement. In 11.340, we have a zero, but in 11.34, it appears that we don't have one. But, anytime that you don't see a number after a certain point in the decimal (like the 11.34 in this problem) there is an invisible zero there that you can add if necessary.

So, 11.34 is equal to 11.340.

11.340 = 11.340.

I hope that this helps.