SOLUTION: How do you write the number 0.00283 in words and 17.39625 in words. I thought it would be two thousand eithty-three hundred thousandths --- and seventeen and thirty nine thousand

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Question 49530: How do you write the number 0.00283 in words and 17.39625 in words. I thought it would be two thousand eithty-three hundred thousandths --- and seventeen and thirty nine thousand six hundred twenty five hundred thousandths, but this doesn't look right. Please help. I understand the place value of the decimal,but don't know how to write it.
Answer by stanbon(75887) About Me  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!
How do you write the number 0.00283 in words?
two-hundred eighty three hundred thousanths
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and 17.39625 in words
seventeen and 39 thousand six-hundred and twenty-five hunrded thousanths
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Cheers,
Stan H.