Question

How is the following decimal number read?

28.9


A. Twenty and eight-nine tenths

B. Twenty-eight and nine hundredths

C. Twenty-eight and nine tenths

D. Twenty-eight nine

Answer 1

C. Twenty-eight and nine tenths.

Step-by-step explanation:

We have been given a decimal number
`28.9`. We are asked to choose the correct option that represents how to read our given decimal number.

Upon looking at our given decimal number we can see that it has one digit at tenth place that is 9, which represents that our number has 9 tenths.

The two digits before decimal are 2 (tens place) and 8 (ones place). These digits make 28.

Therefore, the given decimal number could be read as twenty-eight and nine tenths and option C is the correct choice.

Answer 2

Answer:
C) twenty-eight and nine tenths

Step-by-step explanation:
We have two parts here, the whole number and the decimal part.

1- for the whole number, it is read normally as counting numbers. Therefore, 28 is read as twenty-eight
2- for the decimal part, it is read based on the place-value of the number. We know that the first number after the decimal point is in the tenth position. This means that 0.9 is read as nine tenths

Combining the two, we would conclude that 28.9 is read as twenty-eight and nine tenths

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