How do you write 11 39/100 as a decimal?

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Suren Abreu
Oct 24, 2016

#11.39#

Explanation:

Keeping the whole integer #11# aside for now, we consider the fraction #39/100#. This can be written also as:

#39.00/100#

since the addition of two zeroes after the decimal does not change the value.

Now, when dividing any number by a multiple of ten (#10#), the method is simply to shift the decimal point to the left for every zero in the denominator.

Hence:

#39.00/100# becomes #.3900/1# which is the same as #.39#

Adding this to the whole integer #11# we get:

#11.39#

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