What is the smaller number 0.903 or 0.093?

Answer 1

0.093

0.903 = nine hundred and three thousandths

0.093 = ninety three thousandths

If the denominators are the same , compare the numerators: ninety three is smaller than nine hundred and three.

Alternatively:

Follow the recipe:

1. Start with the digit after the decimal point.
2. The smaller number has the smaller digit (if one number has no digit, the digit is zero);
3. Otherwise they are the same, so move right one digit;
4. If all digits have not been considered, repeat from step 2;
5. Otherwise the numbers are the same.

0.903 and 0.093

0 is smaller than 9, so 0.093 is smaller than 0.903.