Question

When a decimal is written in word form, what indicates that the equivalent form is a mixed number and not a fraction

Answer 1

A mixed number is a number which contains both a whole number and a fraction.

When a decimal is written in word form, what indicates that the equivalent form is a mixed number and not a fraction is when there is a number before the decimal point of before the tenth value.

Answer 2

Explanation:

When a decimal is written in word form,

The equivalent form is a  mixed number not a fraction

Since mixed number always includes a whole part as well as fractional part but we know that fraction does not contain so .

Fraction only consists a numerator and a denominator.

For example,

We consider a number "10.25"

When we write it in a word form, first we change it in mixed fraction i.e

$10.25\\\\=10\frac{25}{100}\\\\=10\frac{1}{4}$

So, we get that there is a whole part i.e. 10 and remaining part i.e.    

$\frac{1}{4}$   is a fractional part.

But we write a fraction like this only i.e

$\frac{5}{6}$

is only fraction with no whole part .