Mike, Dan, Ed, and Sy played together on a baseball team. Mike's batting average was 0.349, Dan's was 0.2, Ed's was 0.35, and Sy's was 0.299. Who had the highest batting average?
If you add zeros to the end of Dan's and Ed's averages to form them have three decimal places, it will be simple to compare the batting averages. The four averages are: 0.349, 0.200, 0.350, and 0.299; 0.350 is the largest.