Question

Express the following in rupees using decimals.

$22$ rupees and $50$paise

Answer 1

Converting paise into rupees

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

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

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

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

So, $22$rupees and $50$paise $=$Rs.$($$22+0.5)=22.5$Rs.

Therefore, $22$ rupees and $50$paise are equal to Rs. $22.5$ in decimal.