Write the numbers in a vertical list, lining up the decimal points. If the numbers have a different amount of digits, there may be some gaps in the columns. Fill in any gaps with a zero so that each ...

Speaker: Not all numbers are whole numbers. Decimals are numbers that are between two whole numbers. So 1.4 is between 1 and 2. A decimal that starts with a 0 before the decimal point is less than 1.

If you're using Excel to calculate monetary values, then you only have to worry about two decimal places in your numbers. Aligning your numbers to the right automatically lines up the decimal points ...