50 cents is 1/2 of a dollar (100 cents)
2 cents/1 dollar = 2 cents/100 cents = 2/100 = 1/50
Nickels-8 Dimes-2 Pennies-40 8 Nickels=40 cents 2 Dimes= 20 cents 40 Pennies= 40 cents 40+40+20=100 cents 100 cents=1 dollar
Ten cents is 1/10 of a dollar. Twenty cents is 2/10 of a dollar, or 1/5 of a dollar. Twenty five cents is 2.5/10 of a dollar, or 1/4 of a dollar. and so on.
1/5
What fraction of a dollar is 40 cents
Ten cents = 1/10 of a dollar.
50 cents is 1/2 of a dollar (100 cents)
25 cents/1 dollar = 25 cents/100 cents # 25/100 = 1/4
1 dollar = 100 cents.Therefore 7 cents/1 dollar = 7 cents/100 cents = 7/100.
2 cents/1 dollar = 2 cents/100 cents = 2/100 = 1/50
Nickels-8 Dimes-2 Pennies-40 8 Nickels=40 cents 2 Dimes= 20 cents 40 Pennies= 40 cents 40+40+20=100 cents 100 cents=1 dollar
Ten cents is 1/10 of a dollar. Twenty cents is 2/10 of a dollar, or 1/5 of a dollar. Twenty five cents is 2.5/10 of a dollar, or 1/4 of a dollar. and so on.
5 dimes is fifty cents. Fifty cents is a half dollar so the fraction is 1/2.
1/5
1/4
100 cents equals 1 dollar. Therefore 50 cents is half of a dollar (1/2, 0.5).