How is 'twenty-four thousandths' written as a decimal?

1. There is no whole number named, so there is no and, and the decimal starts with 0. 2. Thousandths means three decimal places are needed. 3. Write 24 so that its last digit lands in the thousandths place, filling the tenths place with a zero. 4. This gives 0.024, so twenty-four thousandths is written 0.024. _Source: OpenStax Prealgebra (CC BY 4.0), Ch 5 "Decimals", section 5.1 Decimals_