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Writing 0.29 as a fraction puts which number in the denominator?

AIt is just ten
BIt is twenty-nine
CIt is only two
DIt is one hundred
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: D. It is one hundred
1. The denominator follows the place of the last digit. 2. Write the denominator as the place value of the final digit. 3. In 0.29 the final digit 9 sits in the hundredths place. 4. Hundredths means a denominator of one hundred. 5. So 0.29 becomes 29 over 100. _Source: OpenStax Prealgebra 2e (CC BY 4.0), Ch 5 'Decimals', sections 5.1-5.7_
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