Prealgebra (7th Edition)

by Martin-Gay, Elayn

Published by Pearson

ISBN 10: 0321955048

ISBN 13: 978-0-32195-504-3

Chapter 5 - Section 5.1 - Introduction to Decimals - Exercise Set - Page 338: 44

Answer

Decimal number in standard form: $.5$, Fraction form: $\frac{5}{10}$

Work Step by Step

Five-tenths is written in decimal form as $.5$ and in fraction form as $\frac{5}{10}$ . Note that you can reduce this fraction to $\frac{1}{2}$ .

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