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Which is greater 0.05 or 0.5??
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Which is greater 0.05 or 0.5??

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In fractional form, 0.05 and 0.5 are 5/100 and 5/10, or 1/20 and 1/2. Since 10/20 = 1/2, and 1/20 is significantly lower than that, we can say that 1/2 (or 0.5), is the greater of the two.
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.5 is greater because it is 10 times .05
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