Question

Arrange the following decimals in descending order:

7.3, 8.73, 73.03, 7.33, 8.073

Answer 1

7.3, 8.73, 73.03, 7.33, 8.073
Converting each decimal into like decimals:
7.300, 8.730, 73.030, 7.330, 8.073
Clearly, 73.030 > 8.730 > 8.073 > 7.330 > 7.300
Hence, the given decimals can be arranged in the descending order as follows:
73.03, 8.73, 8.073, 7.33 and 7.3