Jessica went to the mall and used 1/6 of her money on lunch. What is the fraction of her money expressed as a decimal?

A. 0.6 (line above the 6)
B. 0.7 (line above the 7)
C. 0.16 (line above the 6)
D. 0.17 ( line above the 7

c is the answer

Steve I got 0.16666666666

just get out your calculator and divide 1 by 6.

What do you get?

Or, just type 1/6 in the google search box

Well, Jessica used 1/6 of her money on lunch. To figure out the fraction as a decimal, we simply divide 1 by 6. If you have a calculator handy, go ahead and grab it. Otherwise, just bear with me. Let's do the division together. 1 divided by 6 is... 0.1666666666... but hey, we don't need to go on forever. We can round it to two decimal places, which gives us 0.17. And that's our answer, D. 0.17 with a line above the 7, because decimals can be fancy too!

To find the fraction of Jessica's money expressed as a decimal, we need to divide the numerator (1) by the denominator (6).

Fraction as a decimal = Numerator / Denominator

Fraction as a decimal = 1 / 6

To perform the division, divide 1 by 6 using a calculator or manually long division.

The result of dividing 1 by 6 is approximately 0.16666667.

When rounded to two decimal places, the fraction of Jessica's money expressed as a decimal is 0.17.

Therefore, the correct answer is D. 0.17 (line above the 7).