Question

Replace the digit in the tenths place of the number given below with 7, and name the number.

819.18

• A. Eight hundred nineteen and seventy-eight hundredths
• B. Eight hundred nineteen and eighteen hundredths
• C. Eight hundred nineteen and seventeen hundredths
• D. Eight hundred nineteen and eighteen tenths

Answer 1

The correct option is A Eight hundred nineteen and seventy-eight hundredths

The place value chart of 819.18 is:


Here, the number in the tenths place is 1.

It is given that 1 is replaced by 7.

$\therefore$ New number = 819.78


The number before the decimal point represents the whole number part.

$\therefore$ Whole number part $\to$ Eight hundred nineteen

The decimal point is represented by 'and'.

The number after the decimal point represents the fractional or decimal part.

$\therefore$ Fractional part $\to$ Seventy-eight hundredths

Combining these two, we get:

Eight hundred nineteen and seventy-eight hundredths