Question

Convert $13.06$ into a mixed number.

• A. $13\frac{3}{50}$
• B. $13\frac{6}{50}$
• C. $13\frac{3}{100}$

Answer 1

The correct option is A $13\frac{3}{50}$

Let's understand $13.06$ using a place value table.

Tens	Ones	.	Tenths	Hundredths
1	3	.	0	6

Here, "13" is the whole-number part and ".06" is the fractional part.

$\therefore$ 13.06 can be written as

$13\text{and}0.06$
$=13+0.06$
$=13+\frac{0.06}{1}$

Let's shift the decimal of numarator by two places to the right.
For this, we need to add same number of zeros after 1 in the denominator.

$=13+\frac{6}{100}$
$=13+\frac{2\times 3}{2\times 50}$
$=13+\frac{3}{50}$
$=13\frac{3}{50}$

$\therefore 13\frac{3}{50}$ is the mixed form of 13.06.