To express the number 7,921.995 in expanded form, we break it down into its place values.
7,921.995 consists of:
- 7 thousands (7 × 1,000)
- 9 hundreds (9 × 100)
- 2 tens (2 × 10)
- 1 one (1 × 1)
- 9 tenths (9 × 0.1)
- 9 hundredths (9 × 0.01)
- 5 thousandths (5 × 0.001)
Now we can write it in expanded form:
\[ (7 \times 1,000) + (9 \times 100) + (2 \times 10) + (1 \times 1) + (9 \times 0.1) + (9 \times 0.01) + (5 \times 0.001) \]
This can also be simplified and written as:
\[ (7 \times 1,000) + (9 \times 100) + (2 \times 10) + (1 \times 1) + (9 \times \frac{1}{10}) + (9 \times \frac{1}{100}) + (5 \times \frac{1}{1,000}) \]
This is the correct expanded form for 7,921.995.