Is 0.034 greater than 0.000034

Answer 1

Yes, 0.034 is greater than 0.000034 because each decimal's place bceomes smaller and smaller as you move from Left to Right. The more zeros there are after a decimal point, the smaller the number.

0.034= 34/1000

0.000034=34/1000000

To be clear

.1 = one tenth = 1/10 = ten times smaller than 1

.01 = one hundredth = 1/100 = one hundred times smaller than 1

.001 = one thousandth = 1/1000 = one thousand times smaller than 1

and so on.