5.5
5.5
To simplify five tenths you can write it as a decimal .5 which would mean one half. Five tenths simplified is one half.
The number .5 is five tenths. Note that this is equal to one half.
One and a half is twelve eights.plus five eights, is seventeen eights. That is two and one eighth in total, or 2.125 in decimal.
Five and a half minutes can be written as a decimal by converting the half minute into a fraction of a minute. Since half a minute is 0.5 minutes, you add this to the five minutes. Therefore, five and a half minutes is written as 5.5 minutes in decimal form.
1/2 = .5 so 35 and a half = 35.5
The word form for 0.5 is "zero point five" or "five tenths" or "one half". The decimal form for 0.5 is " 0.5 ".
Five and a half percent is .055 as a decimal.
5.5
5.5
one half in decimal = 0.5
The answer to one half times five and three fifths is 2.8. To make it easier, take the fraction of three fifths, and convert it into decimal form, which is 0.6. Add 5 to that. Take the fraction of one half and convert that into decimal form, which is 0.5. Now multiply 0.5 and 5.6, and you get your answer.