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How is the decimal number 15.68 read in words?

AFifteen and sixty-eight tenths
BFifteen and sixty-eight hundredths
CFifteen and sixty-eight thousandths
DOne hundred fifty-six and eight hundredths
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: B. Fifteen and sixty-eight hundredths
1. Name the whole number part first: fifteen. 2. The word and marks the decimal point. 3. Name the digits after the decimal point as if they were a whole number: sixty-eight. 4. The last digit, 8, sits in the hundredths place, so the decimal part is named sixty-eight hundredths. 5. Putting it together, 15.68 is read fifteen and sixty-eight hundredths. _Source: OpenStax Prealgebra (CC BY 4.0), Ch 5 "Decimals", section 5.1 Decimals_
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