Decimal Comparison: Is 0.5 Equal to 0.50?

Question

Are they the same numbers?

$0.5\stackrel{?}{=}0.50$

00:06 First, let's check if the numbers are identical.

00:10 Remember, we can always add zero to the right side of the last digit.

00:15 Great! It looks like the numbers are equal.

00:18 And that's how we solve this problem! Well done!

We will add 0 to the number 0.5 in the following way:

$0.5=0.50$

And we will discover that the numbers are identical

Yes