Question

One of the largest ostrich eggs laid weighed 5.476 pounds what is the value of the digit 6in 5.476?

Answer 1

Given:

The weight of an ostrich egg is 5.476 pounds.

To find:

The value of the digit 6 in 5.476.

Step-by-step explanation:

The expanded notation of the given number is,

`\begin{gathered} 5.476=5*1+4*(1)/(10)+7*(1)/(100)+6*(1)/(1000) \\ =5+0.4+0.07+0.006 \end{gathered}`

The digit 6 is in the thousandths place.

The value is 0.006.

Final answer:

The value is 0.006.2