To compare 5.8 and fifty-eight hundredths, we need to express them in the same form. 5.8 is already in decimal form, so we can rewrite fifty-eight hundredths as 0.58. Comparing 5.8 and 0.58, we see that 5.8 is indeed greater than 0.58 because 5.8 is equivalent to 5.80 when written in two decimal places, which is greater than 0.58.
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It depends on how many you have. One tenth is greater than one hundredth, but fifty hundredths is greater than two tenths.
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Yes, 0.66 is greater than 0.65. When comparing decimals, you look at the place value of the digits. In this case, both numbers have the same tenths place (0.6), but the hundredths place is different: 0.66 has 6 hundredths, while 0.65 has 5 hundredths. Since 6 is greater than 5, 0.66 is greater than 0.65.
4/10 when converted to decimal form is 0.4. 0.45 is greater than 0.4 because it has a 5 in the hundredths column, which is greater than the 0 in the hundredths column that 0.4 has. The 0 is assumed when it is not written.
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