Write the number in each of the following sentences as decimals in symbols.

Question

An insect has body length about eighteen thousandths of an inch

A planet goes around its sun once every four hundred sixty-one and eighty-two-ten thousandths days

Answer 1

Hi Charlotte,

For the first problem:

An insect has body length about eighteen thousandths of an inch is 0.018 inch

For the second problem:

A planet goes around its sun once every four hundred sixty-one and eighty-two-ten thousandths days is 461.0082 days