Question

Convert the following unlike decimal numbers to like decimal numbers.

$2.3,4.79,0.235$

Answer 1

Converting $2.3,4.79,0.235$ into like decimals:

We know that decimals having the same number of decimal places are called like decimals.

In the given numbers, we know that $2.3$ contains $1$ digits after the decimal point, $4.79$ contains $2$ digit after the decimal point, and $0.235$ contains $3$ digits after the decimal point.

Since, the highest number of digits after the decimal is $3$. Therefore, converting each number into the decimal number having $3$ digits after decimal.

Thus, changing $2.3$ as $2.300$ and $4.79$ as $4.790$

(Since adding zeroes on the right side of the extreme right digit of the decimal part does not change the value of the number.)

Therefore, $2.300,4.790,0.235$ are like decimals.