Question

Christine’s pet bunny ate 0.513 pounds of carrots on Friday. What is this number in word form?

five hundred thirteen hundredths

five hundred thirteen tenths

five thirteen thousandths

five hundred thirteen thousandths

Answer 1

The number 0.513 can be written in word form as "zero point five one three" or "five hundred thirteen thousandths."

Explanation: The word form of a decimal number is determined by the place value of the digits after the decimal point. In this case, 513 is in the thousandths place, so we say "five hundred thirteen thousandths."