The absolute value of 40 hundredths is less than one and so you cannot write it as a whole number.
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40/5 = 8, a whole number.
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To write "Forty Hundredths" in standard form, you need to convert the fraction into a decimal. "Forty Hundredths" is the same as 40/100. When you simplify 40/100, you get 0.40. Therefore, "Forty Hundredths" in standard form is 0.40.
To convert 40.75 to hundredths, you multiply the whole number part (40) by 100 to get 4000 hundredths. Then, you take the decimal part (.75) and multiply it by 100 to get 75 hundredths. Adding these together, you get 4000 + 75 = 4075 hundredths.
3,020.40
40/100=2/5
The number 40 is a whole number because it is not a fraction or a decimal.