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Select the best term from the box to complete the sentence. The number 0.5 is written as a?

1. decimal
2. decimal point
3. hundred
4. hundredth

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1. decimal

Why? You wouldn't say 0.5 is written as a "decimal point" because the decimal point is legit the decimal point. It's definitely not a hundred and a hundredth would look like "0.05"
User Barron
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The answer is a decimal because 1/2 as a decimal is 0.5
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