The statement that compares the two numbers correctly is 52.311 > 52.31.
The two numbers have the same tens value, units value, tenth value and hundredth value. But they differ in their thousandth value. One of the numbers have a thousandth value of 1 and the other a value of 0. The number that has a thousandth value of 1 is greater.
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