Question

How many hundredths make 1.64?
A. 4
B. 16.4
C. 164
D. 0.64

Answer 1

164 hundredths make 1.64

Correct option: C. 164

Step-by-step Explanation:

• For a decimal number, the digits after the decimal points are said to be in tenths, hundredths, thousandths, ten thousandths, ... places consecutively.

• Here, the given number is 1.64. This can be written as $\dfrac{164}{100}$.

• Since, one hundredths is $\dfrac{1}{100}$, then clearly there are 164 hundredths in $\dfrac{164}{100}$.

• Thus, 164 hundredths make 1.64