A bag of fruit weighs zero point eight four kilograms. How can you write zero point eight four as a fraction in simplest form?

eight and two-fifths

eighty-four hundredths

twenty-one twenty-fifths

forty-two fiftieths

Question

A bag of fruit weighs zero point eight four kilograms. How can you write zero point eight four as a fraction in simplest form?

 eight and two-fifths

 eighty-four hundredths

 twenty-one twenty-fifths

 forty-two fiftieths

anonymous · Answer

$$zero~point~eight~four~kilograms~=~0.84~kg$$
$$eighty-four~hundredths~=~\frac{84}{100}~kg$$
Simplify by 2
$$forty-two~fiftieths~=~\frac{42}{50}~kg$$
Simplify by 2
$$twenty-one~twenty-fifths~=~\frac{21}{25}~kg$$
Therefore the simplest form is$$\frac{21}{25}~kg$$