Question

0.5 is what type of number

Answer 1

Decimal, I'd think. It's only part of a whole number.

Answer 2

Rational.

Explanation:

We are asked to determine the type of number 0.5.

We can see that our given number is a decimal.

We can also see that our given number is a terminating decimal, so we can represent it as a fraction.

`0.5* (10)/(10)=(5)/(10)=(1)/(2)`

Therefor, our given number is a rational number as we can represent it as a fraction.