Question

How do you write two decimals that are equivalent to 5.300?

Answer 1

Hint: In this question, we have to find two decimals that are equivalent to 5.300 so for that, we must know what equivalent means. Two terms are said to be equivalent when they represent the same amount/quantity.

Complete step-by-step answer:
The value of a decimal remains the same when we keep adding or subtracting zeros on the right side of the decimal, the zeros at the end of the decimal are called trailing zeros and they don’t affect the value of the decimal. Using this definition, we can find out the correct answer.
When we cut two zeros from the right side, the decimal obtained is 5.3 and when we cut one zero from the right side, the decimal obtained is 5.30.
Hence, the decimals 5.3 and 5.30 are equivalent to the decimal 5.300
So, the correct answer is “5.30 ”.

Note: When the numerator of a fraction is not completely divisible by the denominator of the fraction, that is, when the numerator cannot be expressed as a multiple of the denominator, the answer on dividing the numerator by the denominator is in the decimal. When the value of the denominator is lower than that of the numerator, the term on the left side of the decimal is greater than zero and if the value of the denominator is smaller than that of the numerator, the digit on the left side of the decimal is zero. There can be infinite decimals that are equivalent to the given decimal.