Money • Topic 2 of 7

Reading Currency Values

Reading and writing money correctly is mostly about the decimal point. An amount like Rs 45.75 is read as forty-five rupees and seventy-five paise. The figures to the left of the point are rupees and the two figures to the right are paise, and the paise part is always written with two digits. That two-digit habit is where children slip: five paise must be written as Rs 0.05, not Rs 0.5, because Rs 0.5 actually means fifty paise. To convert paise into rupees you divide by 100, so 250 paise becomes Rs 2.50; to convert rupees into paise you multiply by 100, so Rs 3.05 becomes 305 paise. When an amount is a whole number of rupees, such as twelve rupees, it can be written plainly as Rs 12 or, in mixed contexts, as Rs 12.00. Teachers often line amounts up in a place-value chart with a column for rupees and a column for paise so that the decimal point sits in the same place every time. Reading values aloud and matching them to real notes and coins helps children connect the written symbol to the actual money in hand.

✅ Solved examples

1. Write seventy-eight rupees and forty paise in figures.
Rs 78.40. The rupees go before the point and the paise (always two digits) after it.
2. Convert 305 paise into rupees.
305 divided by 100 = Rs 3.05, that is 3 rupees and 5 paise.
3. How is five paise written correctly: Rs 0.5 or Rs 0.05?
Rs 0.05. The paise part needs two digits, so five paise is 05. Rs 0.5 would wrongly mean fifty paise.
4. Convert Rs 6.25 into paise.
Rs 6.25 = 6 x 100 + 25 = 600 + 25 = 625 paise.

✏️ Practice — try these, take hints as needed

1. Write ninety rupees and five paise in figures.
Five paise needs two digits.
The paise part is 05.
Rs 90.05
2. Convert 150 paise into rupees.
Divide by 100.
Rs 1.50
3. Convert Rs 4.09 into paise.
Multiply rupees by 100, then add the paise.
400 + 9.
409 paise
4. Read the amount Rs 23.60 in words.
Rupees before the point, paise after.
Twenty-three rupees and sixty paise

📝 Topic test — 8 questions

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