Question

Margaret is saving money for her summer vacation. She calculates that her starting amount is 0.4% of the total amount she wants to save. What is 0.4% written as a decimal?

0.0004
0.004
0.04
0.5

Answer 1

0.4% can be written as 0.004 in decimal.

Explanation:

Let the total amount she wants to save be 'a'

Starting amount = 0.4% of the total amount

= 0.4% of a

= (0.4/100) a

0.4% = 0.4/100

= 0.004

0.4% can be written as 0.004 in decimal.