Re: Decimals

Dave Hatunen:
The latter is a recognition of the acual meaning of the decimal,
i.e., "twenty eight point 2 hundred thirty seven thousandths",
although, strictly speaking one should drop the word "point" and
replace it with "and".

Mark Brader:
Nonsense. The following are all equivalent expressions:

[1] 28.237
[2] 28 237/1000
[3] twenty-eight plus two hundred thirty-seven thousandths
[4] twenty-eight plus two tenths plus three hundreds plus seven thousandths

Dave Hatunen:
I didn't say they weren't equivalent. I'm pointing out that the
thousandths are implied. ...

Yes, along with the tenths and the hundredths.
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