2012 CEMC Gauss (Grade 8) Problems/Problem 3

Problem

Fifty-six hundredths is

$\text{ (A) }\  0.056\qquad\text{ (B) }\ 5.6\qquad\text{ (C) }\ 0.0056\qquad\text{ (D) }\ 0.56\qquad\text{ (E) }\ 56.0$

Solution

$\frac{56}{100} = \boxed {\textbf{(D) } 0.56}$

~anabel.disher