Question

Rita bought three and forty eight hundrediths pounds of bananas at the store. How is this number written in expanded notation

Answer 1

(3 × 1) + (4 × 0.1) + (8 × 0.01)

Explanation:

three and forty eight hundrediths pounds = 3.48 pounds

How is this number written in expanded notation

3 is in the ones position

4 is in the tenth position

8 is in the hundredth position

= (3 × 1) + (4 × 0.1) + (8 × 0.01)

= 3 + 0.4 + 0.08

= 3.48