Question

How is this number read?

21.095


A. twenty-one ninety-five
B. twenty-one and ninety-five tenths
C. twenty-one and ninety-five hundredths
D. twenty-one and ninety-five thousandths

Answer 1

C

Explanation:

twenty-one and ninety-five thousandths

Answer 2

The number 21.095 is correctly read as 'twenty-one and ninety-five thousandths', which is option D. This is because the last digit of the number falls in the thousandths place.

The number in question is 21.095. When we read numbers with decimal points, each digit to the right of the decimal represents a different fractional part.

For example, the first digit to the right of the decimal point is the tenths place, the second is the hundredths place, and the third is the thousandths place.

Therefore, 21.095 is read as 'twenty-one and ninety-five thousandths' which corresponds to option D.

It is important to understand the concept of decimal places and significant figures.

When a number has a decimal point, every digit after the decimal point is part of the reading.

So, here we have a two (which is in the tenths place), a zero (in the hundredths place), and a nine followed by a five (in the thousandths place).

Since we have digits up to the thousandths place, we read all the digits after the decimal point, which gives us the full reading as mentioned previously.