SOLUTION: I am part of a whole. I am less than one-half but greater than four tenths. I am a decimal with the digit 2 in my hundreths place. What number am i

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Question 827038: I am part of a whole. I am less than one-half but greater than four tenths. I am a decimal with the digit 2 in my hundreths place. What number am i

Found 2 solutions by LinnW, ankor@dixie-net.com:
Answer by LinnW(1048) About Me  (Show Source):
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The number is between 0.40 and 0.50
Since the hundreds position is 2 the number
could be 0.42
Any decimal number beginning with 0.42 could
also work so
0.421 is valid, also 0.4245678. There
are many other possibilities.

Answer by ankor@dixie-net.com(22740) About Me  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!
I am part of a whole. I am less than one-half but greater than four tenths.
less than .5, greater than .4, first digit is .4
I am a decimal with the digit 2 in my hundredths place.
.42 is the number