Question

Express the following in rupees using decimals.

$50$ rupees and $85$ 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, $85$paise $=85\times \frac{1}{100}=\frac{85}{100}=0.85$rupees

So, $50$rupees $85$paise $=$Rs.$(50+0.85)=50.85$Rs.

Therefore, $50$rupees and $85$paise are equal to Rs.$50.85$ in decimal.