What a problem! We know that the largest digit is 8,000, and the smallest is 0.01. The number is 8,_ _ _._1. If the tens is 2 less than the hundreds digit, then if we make the hundreds digit x, the tens are x-2. The tens digit plus the hundreds digit is the thousands digit, so x+(x-2)=8. Let's solve: x+(x-2)=8. Eliminate parentheses: x+x-2=8. Use inverse operations:x+x-2+2=8+2. x+x=10. Combine terms: x+x=2x. 2x=10. Divide: 2x/2=10/2. x=5.
So the hundreds digit, x, is 5. And the tens are x-2: 5-2=3. The number is 8,53_._1. And what's the only number that means the same, no matter what place value you put it in? 0! This is the tenths place: 8,53_.01. The remaining digit is the ones. The largest one-digit even number is 8, so our number is 8,538.01!
Answer: 8,538.01