Question

Whats smaller 0.5 or 0.2??

Answer 1

0.2 is a smaller magnitude than 0.5.

written in correct notation as 0.2<0.5

Answer 2

0.5 is one half ( so you need 2 halves to make 1)

0.2 is one fifth ( so you would need 5 fifths to make 1)

so 0.2 is smaller