Question

Which fraction in simplest form is equivalent to zero point four?

four-sixteenths

eighty thirty-seconds

twelve-thirds

twenty-four sixtieths

Answer 1

0.4 = 4/10
multiplying both numerator and denominator by 6
24 / 60
So answer (D) is correct.

Answer 2

eighty thirty - seconds? Never heard of that.

But your answer is twenty - four sixteenths, that's 24/60 = 2/5 = 0.4