Decimal Comparison: Is 0.02 Equal to 0.002?

Question

Are they the same numbers?

0.02=?0.002 0.02\stackrel{?}{=}0.002

Video Solution

Solution Steps

00:00 Are the numbers identical?
00:10 Let's compare the digits of the numbers
00:15 The digit 2 is greater than 0, therefore the number is larger, and they are not identical
00:20 And this is the solution to the question

Step-by-Step Solution

We will add 0 to the number 0.02 in the following way:

0.02=0.020 0.02=0.020

And we will discover that the numbers are not identical

Answer

No