How is the decimal 0.009 read in words?

1. There is a 0 to the left of the decimal point, so no whole number is named. 2. Name the digits after the decimal point as a whole number: nine. 3. The last digit, 9, sits three places after the decimal point, in the thousandths place. 4. So 0.009 is read nine thousandths, and the other options each shift that place value by a factor of ten in one direction or the other. _Source: OpenStax Prealgebra (CC BY 4.0), Ch 5 "Decimals", section 5.1 Decimals_