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EXPRESSING MONEY IN WORDS AND IN FIGURES

When we talk of money, we mean rupees and paise together. To write these
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together in a symbolic form, we separate them by a point ( ). This point is called
the decimal point.

The number written on the left side of the decimal point denotes rupees and
the number on the right side denotes paise.

Let us write 75 rupees and 60 paise in words and figures.
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In words: Rupees seventy-five and sixty paise
In figures: ` 75.60

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Express 0 rupees in words as well as figures.
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In words: Rupees forty
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In figures: ` 0.00 These zeros denote that there are no paise.
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Express 5 paise in words as well as figures.
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In words: Forty-five paise
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In figures: ` 00. 5 These zeros denote that there are no rupees.

The paise part on the right of the decimal point is always expressed as a
2-digit numeral. For example, 7 paise is written as 07 paise.

2 Write the following amount in figures. One has been done for you.

` 15.10
(a) 15 rupees and 10 paise _______ (b) 25 rupees and 5 paise _______
(c) 70 rupees _______ (d) 96 rupees and 8 paise _______

(e) 800 rupees and 56 paise _______ (f) 55 paise _______

3 Write the following amount in words. One has been done for you.

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Rupees thirty and forty-five paise
(a) 30 rupees and 5 paise _______________________________________
(b) 96 rupees _______________________________________

(c) 9 paise _______________________________________

(d) 1 rupee and 1 paise _______________________________________
(e) ` 56.05 _______________________________________

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(f) ` 97. 0 _______________________________________
(g) ` 0.29 _______________________________________

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