Question: I really don't understand how you came to the answer, please assist
1. **State the problem:** We want to understand how to interpret the shaded columns on a 10 x 10 decimal grid where the entire grid represents one whole.
2. **Understand the grid:** The grid has 10 rows and 10 columns, so there are 100 small squares total. Each small square represents $\frac{1}{100} = 0.01$ of the whole.
3. **Interpreting shaded columns:** Each column has 10 squares, so one full column represents $10 \times 0.01 = 0.10$ or one tenth of the whole.
4. **Look at the shaded columns:** If 2.2 columns are shaded, that means $2.2 \times 0.10 = 0.22$ of the whole is shaded.
5. **Multiplying by 5:** When we multiply $0.22$ by $5$, we calculate how much 5 times that shaded amount is:
$$0.22 \times 5 = 1.10$$
6. **Why this matches the grid:** The shaded area represents $0.22$ of the whole, and multiplying by 5 gives $1.10$, which means 5 times the shaded amount is slightly more than one whole.
7. **Conclusion:** This matches option d: $0.22 \times 5 = 1.10$.
This step-by-step explanation shows how the shaded columns correspond to $0.22$ and how multiplying by 5 results in $1.10$.