Question

Convert the given unlike decimals into like decimals:

$5.6,5.06,5.006$

Answer 1

The numbers are $5.6,5.06,5.006$

The number of decimal places in $5.6=1$

The number of decimal places in $5.06=2$

The number of decimal places in $5.006=3$

The maximum number of decimal places in given decimals is $3$

We know that writing zero to the right of the decimal places does not change the number

So, we write each number with three decimal places by adding zeros

Therefore,

$\begin{array}{rcl}5.6& =& 5.600\\ 5.06& =& 5.060\\ 5.006& =& 5.006\end{array}$

Hence, $5.600,5.060,5.006$ are the required like terms.