Because 17 thousandths is three places to the right of the decimal and well, 3 is more than 2.
4 to the right of the decimal point.
17 being a whole number lies to the left of the point. To turn it into thousandths you have to move it to the right, three places. One is 1.7, 2 is 0.17, 3 is 0.017, The thousandths POSITION is 0.001. So 17 thousandths does not lie more than two places to the right of that. It does lie more than two places to the right of the decimal point. Don't mix up these. There is no such thing as the "thousandths decimal point".
I know because 17 thousandths is 3 places after the decimal.
Move the decimal point 3 places to the right: 1647 thousandths
The first place after the decimal point is tenths. The second place after the decimal point is hundredths The third place after the decimal point is thousandths. So the number must extend to the third place after the decimal.
4 to the right of the decimal point.
17 being a whole number lies to the left of the point. To turn it into thousandths you have to move it to the right, three places. One is 1.7, 2 is 0.17, 3 is 0.017, The thousandths POSITION is 0.001. So 17 thousandths does not lie more than two places to the right of that. It does lie more than two places to the right of the decimal point. Don't mix up these. There is no such thing as the "thousandths decimal point".
I know because 17 thousandths is 3 places after the decimal.
Move the decimal point 3 places to the right: 1647 thousandths
The first place after the decimal point is tenths. The second place after the decimal point is hundredths The third place after the decimal point is thousandths. So the number must extend to the third place after the decimal.
Well, honey, writing 600 thousandths in decimal form is as easy as pie. All you gotta do is move the decimal point three places to the left because thousandths are three decimal places to the right of the decimal point. So, 600 thousandths in decimal form is 0.600. Easy peasy lemon squeezy!
Oh, dude, you just move the decimal three places to the left because we're dealing with thousandths here. So, thirteen thousandths as a decimal is 0.013. It's like moving a few decimal places is no big deal, right?
Third to the right of the decimal point
The thousandths column is the third column to the right of the decimal point.
The third digit to the right of decimal point is in the thousandths place.
Because a thousandth is in the third place.
It is the third digit after (to the right of) the decimal point.