Question

In a basketball tournament, Dimitri averaged 12.375 rebounds per game. What is 12.375 written in expanded form? How is it written with number names?

Answer 1

10+2+0.3+0.07+0.005
twelve and three hundred seventy-five thousandths

Answer 2

Expended form:
`10+2+3* (1)/(10)+7* (1)/(100)+5* (1)/(1000)`

The number name is:

Twelve and three hundred seventy-five thousandths.

Explanation:

Consider the provided information.

Dimitri averaged 12.375 rebounds per game.

Here 1 is at tens place, 2 is at ones place, 3 is at tenths place, 7 is at hundredths place and 5 is at thousandths place.

The expanded form of the number is:

10+2+0.3+0.07+0.005

Or

`10+2+3* (1)/(10)+7* (1)/(100)+5* (1)/(1000)`

The number name is:

Twelve and three hundred seventy-five thousandths.