Question

I am a part of a whole I am greater than 3/4 but less than 9/10. I am a decimal with 3 in the hundredths place. What number am I.

Answer 1

"You" are 0.83.

(Alternative fraction version: 83/100)

Explanation:

First, let's turn 3/4 and 9/10 into decimals.

3/4 becomes 0.75, and 9/10 becomes 0.9.

We know that it has to be a decimal, and we also know it must be greater than 0.75 but less that 0.9.

It can't be 0.73, since that's less than 0.75. It also can't be 0.93, since that's over 0.9. That means we're left with 0.83.

Our final answer is 0.83, AKA 83/100.