²⁄₁₀ cannot be written as a whole number, but it can be written as a decimal: 0.2
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∙ 6y ago2 is a whole number and 0.8 is 8 tenths
There are 20 tenths because there are 10 tenths in one whole.
No.
3.5 Since 3.5 times 2 equals 7. Seven divided by 2 equals three and five tenths
Ten. Because lets pretend you had 10 sections, each equaling 1 tenth. You would need 10 tenths to fill in all the sections. Because if you've filled all the sections with 1 tenth, you have 1 whole. Make sense?
2 is a whole number and 0.8 is 8 tenths
In the decimal number 59.247, the number 2 stands for 2/10 of a whole.
There are 20 tenths because there are 10 tenths in one whole.
No.
They can both be used to mark pairs of things. The whole number 2 can marka pair of anything, but the number 2/10 can only mark a pair of tenths.
Ten. Because lets pretend you had 10 sections, each equaling 1 tenth. You would need 10 tenths to fill in all the sections. Because if you've filled all the sections with 1 tenth, you have 1 whole. Make sense?
3.5 Since 3.5 times 2 equals 7. Seven divided by 2 equals three and five tenths
1 is the whole number a whole broken in to tenths is 10 10 tenths (10/10) Therefore 3/10 (three tenths) is 3 parts of the whole amount
3/10. Using 10 as a whole then 3 would be 30% of the ten. In money, same premise 3cents while 10 is the whole
Since two is a whole number it can be written as 2 or as 20/10 .
If you want the tenths, you can ignore the integer (whole) part of the mixed number and concentrate on the fractional part.
The number two is in the tenths place.