What is 5 tenths?

5 tenths could be used to describe time, distance, money, and many other things.

5 tenths means that if you divide "something" into ten equal parts, 5 tenths is 5 of those parts that you just divided up.

We converted 5 tenths into different things below to explain further:

5 tenths as a Fraction
Since 5 tenths is 5 over ten, 5 tenths as a Fraction is 5/10.

5 tenths as a Decimal
If you divide 5 by ten you get 5 tenths as a decimal which is 0.50.

5 tenths as a Percent
To get 5 tenths as a Percent, you multiply the decimal with 100 to get the answer of 50 percent.

5 tenths of a dollar
First we divide a dollar into ten parts where each part is 10 cents. Then we multiply 10 cents with 5 and get 50 cents or 0 dollars and 50 cents.

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