no a century is 100 years (10 decades)
5 decades equals 50 years which is greater than 48 years
1 century= 100 years. 1 decade= 10 years. So: 100+ 10(5) (5 decades) = 150 years.
One century consists of 100 years. One-fifth of a century is equal to 20 years (100 years divided by 5). Therefore, there are two decades in one-fifth of a century.
5 decades or 50 years
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A half century or fifty years
50 years is half a century or 5 decades
One century = 100 years so Half a century = 50 years (5 decades)
There are 5 decades in half a century.
53 decades Yup. A decade is ten years. A century is 100 years. 5 centuries are 500 years so 500 divided by 10 is 50. Add the three other decades and you get 53.
Write 3 decades as a fraction of 20
There is no dedicated word for a period of 50 years