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Excellent2
31-03-2009, 11:00 AM
The answer is probably really simple and I'm just being dumb but I can't get this question!

"Write one million and one hundredth in decimals"

I just can't do it :(

Here is the column headings if people need it:

Hundreds Tens Units | Tenths Hundredths Thousandths

DieselShaq
31-03-2009, 11:18 AM
One million is 1,000,000
One hundredth is 0.01

1,000,000 + 0.01 = 1,000,000.01

Excellent2
31-03-2009, 11:28 AM
One million is 1,000,000
One hundredth is 0.01

1,000,000 + 0.01 = 1,000,000.01
That would be One million point zero one :P The question is One million and one hundredth.

DieselShaq
31-03-2009, 11:49 AM
1,000,000.01 is a million and a hundredth. Unless you're talking about 1/1,000,000.01 which is 1 divided by 1,000,000.01 but I don't think that's the case.

TAYLOOOOR1
31-03-2009, 11:55 AM
One million is 1,000,000
One hundredth is 0.01

1,000,000 + 0.01 = 1,000,000.01


Ye thats how i would have worked it out.

DieselShaq
31-03-2009, 12:46 PM
Okay, here's how to prove that my answer is correct:

If the question wants one million and one hundredths, then it would ask for one million and one hundredths. However, the question wants one million and one hundredth, meaning that it wants one million + one hundredth. Otherwise, "hundredth" would be in the plural form since one million and one is more than one whereas one is singular.

Lee.Norman
31-03-2009, 12:59 PM
One million is 1,000,000
One hundredth is 0.01

1,000,000 + 0.01 = 1,000,000.01


That answer is correct.
Technically it would read as 'one million point zero one'. But it is equivalent to one million and one hundredth.

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