Question

What is `1.7025` in words?

Answer 1

One and seven thousand twenty-five ten thousandths.

Explanation:

Since the first digit is one, we write it as one. Because it's the only digit that is not a decimal place,

One ...

Next we use the word "and", to resemble the decimal point, not point, since it's not a formal way or correct way to write a decimal point,

One and ...

Now the digits behind the decimal point are .7025. Or seven thousand and twenty-five. But when writing decimals in word form, you can't have and appear twice, which may confuse people. So the correct way would be,

One and seven thousand twenty-five ...

The last step is to add the place value. What this means is to check the last digit, which is 5, and see what's it's place value. Since 5 is in the ten thousandths place, thus the final answer would be:

One and seven thousand twenty-five ten thousandths.