In arithmetic, a hundredth is a single part of something that has been divided equally into a hundred parts. For example, a hundredth of 675 is 6.75. In this manner it is used with the prefix "centi-" such as in centimeter. A hundredth is also one percent.
A hundredth is the reciprocal of 100.
A hundredth is written as a decimal fraction as 0.01, and as a vulgar fraction as 1/100.
“Hundredth” is also the ordinal number that follows “ninety-ninth” and precedes “hundred and first.” It is written as 100th.
Preceded by Tenth |
Decimal orders of magnitude |
Succeeded by Thousandth |
Original source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hundredth.
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