Which is the smallest decimal 0.003 0.033?

Answer 1

0.003 < 0.033

Method to check

We note that both decimals are to three places.

Secondly remove the decimal point

Hence 0003 and 0033

Thirdly remove the prefix zeroes.

3 & 33

It is obvious that 3 < 33

Hence it follows that 0.003 < 0.033

Answer 2

Since there are 2 zeros between the decimal point and the 3 in 0.003 it is mallet than a number with only 1 zero before the first three.