Question

Express the following in rupees using decimals.

$1$ rupee and $50$ paise

Answer 1

Converting paise into rupees

Let us convert paise into rupee, to make our calculations easy.

We know that the $1$rupee $=100$paise

Now, $1$paise $=\frac{1}{100}$ rupee

Hence, $50$paise $=50\times \frac{1}{100}=\frac{50}{100}=0.5$Rs

So, $1$rupee $50$paise $=$Rs $(1+0.5)=1.5$Rs.

Therefore, $1$rupee $50$paise is equal to Rs.$1.5$ in decimal.