Question

Bridgette spent $17.00 of the $24.00 in her wallet. Which decimal, rounded to the nearest thousandth, represents the fraction of the $24.00 dollars spent?
A. 0.709
B. 1.412
C. 0.141
D. 0.708

Answer 1

Answer:

0.708

Step-by-step explanation:

Given that Bridgette had originally 24 dollars in her wallet. Out of that 24 dollars, 17 dollars were spent.

To find out the fraction of spent amount to 24 dollars in decimal

i.e. required answer = 17/24 =0.70833

Round off to 3 decimals.

Since 4th decimals 3 <5 we leave the first 3 decimals as it is.

Answer = 0.708

Option D

(Fraction means part of normally less than 1)