Question

Which decimal is less than six tenths?

A. seven tenths
B. five and seven tenths
C. fifty-nine hundredths
D. sixty hundredths

Answer 1

Translate the decimal into a fraction:


`0.6 = (6)/(10)`

Translate the answers into fractions:

A

`(7)/(10)`

B

`5 (7)/(10)`

C

`(59)/(100)`

D

`(60)/(100)`

We can immediately eliminate A and B, as A has a higher numerator and the same denominator as 6/10, and B has a whole number.

Simplify answer D:


`(60)/(100) / (10)/(10) = (6)/(10)`

Answer D has the same fraction as 6/10. This fraction cannot be lesser than 6/10.

The answer is C.

Answer 2

C is the correct answer

`0.59 < 0.6`


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