0.3 is greater because 0.3 represents 0.30 (30%) and the 3 is in the tenths place whereas 0.03 is only 3% and the three is in the hundredths place. So 0.3 (0.30) > 0.03. |number| |ones|. |tenth | hundredths| | 0.3 | |0 |. | 3 | 0 | | 0.03 | |0 |. | 0 | 3 |