SOLUTION: negative six hundred six and five hundred thirty-eight thousandths written in standard form

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Question 980090: negative six hundred six and five hundred thirty-eight thousandths written in standard form
Answer by josgarithmetic(39617) About Me  (Show Source):
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Description is in two parts.
Whole Number Part is to the left of the "and".
The decimal fraction part is to the right of the "and".
The "and" separates the whole part from the fractional part.

negative six hundred six,
highlight_green%28-606%29
You should have no trouble understanding that part.

and,
just the decimal point,
.

five hundred thirty eight thousandths,
This means you write the number into the position for 0.00X,
and you are being counted 538 of 0.001, which gives the fraction, highlight_green%280.528%29.


Put the parts together:
highlight%28-606.538%29