One and a half cents in decimals is 0.015
Five and one half cents in decimals is 0.055
it is in simplest form unless you want to write in decimals.....
$0.05
2.2 cents
You write it as 3.5 cents.
0.01
0.555
0.565
0.505
Without decimals there would be no difference between dollars and cents.
$0.045