Jane is paying her bills using checks. The water bill is for $32.35. How should this be written out on the check?

• A. thirty-two and 5/100
• B. thirty-two and 3/100
• C. thirty-two and 35/100
• D. thirty-one and 35/100

Answer: (C)

On a check, you write the amount as dollars plus a fraction for the cents. The bill is $32.35, so the dollars part is 32, which becomes thirty-two. The cents are 35, and cents are written as a fraction of 100, so 35 cents is 35/100. Put together: thirty-two and 35/100. That matches $32.35 exactly. The other options would add a different number of dollars or use the wrong cent fraction (5/100 is 5 cents, 3/100 is 3 cents, and 31 dollars would be $31.35).