Question

Three of the choices are ways to express 0.50. Which is NOT?

A. 1 half
B. 5 hundredths
C. 5 tenths
D. 50 hundredths

Answer 1

Option B

5 hundredths is not the way to express 0.50

Solution:

Given that Three of the choices are ways to express 0.50

To find: wrong option

Let us first write 0.50 in different ways

To convert a Decimal to a Fraction follow these steps:

Step 1: Write down the decimal divided by 1, like this: decimal 1.

Step 2: Multiply both top and bottom by 10 for every number after the decimal point. ...

Step 3: Simplify (or reduce) the fraction.

`\rightarrow 0.50 = (0.50 * 100)/(100) = (50)/(100)`

`(50)/(100)` means 50 hundredths

Therefore option D is correct

On simplifying
`(50)/(100)` we can write,

`\rightarrow (50)/(100) = (5)/(10) = (1)/(2)`

`(1)/(2)` means one half

Therefore option A (one half) is correct

Similarly, \frac{5}{10} means 5 tenths

Therefore Option C is also correct

Thus the wrong option is B

Justification:

5 hundredths can be written as:

`(5)/(100) = 0.05`

Therefore option B is wrong