Question

Write fifty-nine thousand and nine hundred ninety-six thousandths as a decimal number. Enter your answer as a whole or decimal number.

Answer 1

Numbers to the right of the decimal point are read like whole numbers and are given a value according the position of the last digit. Notice that all place values to the right of the decimal point end in ths. This is so they can be easily distinguished from their whole number counter-parts.
When reading a number with both whole number and decimal parts it is appropriate to read the decimal point as "and" to indicate the separation from the whole number and the decimal fraction parts.
EXAMPLE 3: Write 37.4279 in words
SOLUTION: First, write the whole number part up to the decimal point.
3 7 .
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3 tens 7 ones and

"thirty - seven and"
Next, write the digits to the right of the decimal point as though they were whole numbers. Then, attach the name of the place value of the last digit to the end.
4 2 7 9

4 thousands 2 hundreds 7 tens 9 ones
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"four thousand, two hundred seventy-nine ten-thousandths"
When put together they would read as follows:
"thirty - seven and four thousand, two hundred seventy-nine ten-thousandths"
Let's look at a few more examples of decimal numbers written in words.
EXAMPLES: a) 0.6 is read "six tenths"
b) 0.45 is read "forty five hundredths"
c) 0.234 is read "two hundred thirty four thousandths"
d) 0.0537 is read "five hundred thirty seven ten-thousandths"