Question

Ani was told to write the number four and eight hundredths. She wrote

4.8. Explain whether or not you think Ani is correct. If you think she is not correct, write the number correctly.

Answer 1

It would be 4.08, so Ani is wrong writing it as 4.8.

Explanation:

So, with this, the number 4 is 4, a single-digit number. Anything below that has a decimal point before it. With the knowledge of there being 8 hundredths, first see this diagram explaining the terms for numbers after the decimal point:

0.1 --> 1 Tenth

0.01 --> 1 Hundredth

0.001 ---> 1 Thousandth

With this, we can see that it will be something of the likes of 4.01-4.09. Since there are 8 Hundredths, it would be 4.08, as 0.01 * 8 = 0.08.

Therefore, she is wrong because she wrote it as 4 and 8 tenths rather than 4 and 8 hundredths.