0.09 is the greater number.
In integer arithmetic, leading '0s' can be deleted. Therefore 01 becomes 1 and 009 becomes 9 And as you can see 9 is bigger than 1. However in the case of decimal numbers 0.01 and 0.009, 0.01 is bigger than 0.009.
.009 is greater than .002
.9 is bigger than .09. Think about money. If you had 5.90, that is better than 5.09, right? Ninety cents is a lot more than nine cents.
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009 = 9
I write it as: 90 000 009 009 009 as I use the long scale (as used in Europe). Others write it as: 90 009 009 009 as they use the short scale (as used in USA).
12.297
0802 * 009 = 7,218
33.3333
600 multiplied by 009 = 5,400
0002 is the same as 2 and 0009 is the same as 9 So 2 is less than 9