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Question 154387: Which is the largest number in this series: 1 x 10-2, 0.009,1/1000 ?: Which is the largest number in this series: 1 x 10-2, 0.009,1/1000 ?
Answer by vleith(1175) About Me  (Show Source):
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1*10^(-2) = 1/100 = 0.01
1/1000 = 0.001
0.009 is 9*0.001. So it is bigger than 0.001
0.01 = 10* 0.001. So it is larger than both other numbers
0.01 is the largest of the three numbers given