Question: how do you write 12 thousandths?
Answer: 12 thousandths means that if you divide something into one thousand equal parts, 12 thousandths is 12 of those parts that you just divided up. Since 12 thousandths is 12 over one thousand, 12 thousandths as a Fraction is 12/1000. If you divide 12 by one thousand you get 12 thousandths as a decimal which is 0.012.