[SPLIT] converting decimals to fractions
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Why not use the method explained in the thread onto which you'd tacked your new question...?
Namely, take the decimal, convert it to the equivalent fraction, and simplify:
. . . . .0.5 = five tenths = 5/10 = 1/2
. . . . .0.3 = three tenths = 3/10
. . . . .0.25 = twenty-five one hundredths = 25/100 = 1/4
...and so forth.
Eliz.
Namely, take the decimal, convert it to the equivalent fraction, and simplify:
. . . . .0.5 = five tenths = 5/10 = 1/2
. . . . .0.3 = three tenths = 3/10
. . . . .0.25 = twenty-five one hundredths = 25/100 = 1/4
...and so forth.
Eliz.
Example: 0.375 = what common fraction?
Step 1. Read the decimal fraction without using the word "point". three-hundred seventy-five thousandths.
Step 2. Write what you just said as a common fraction. 375/1000
Step 3. Reduce to lowest terms. \(\displaystyle \frac{375}{1000}=\frac{3 \cdot 5 \cdot 5 \cdot 5}{5\cdot 5\cdot 5\cdot 8}=\frac{3}{8}\)
Step 1. Read the decimal fraction without using the word "point". three-hundred seventy-five thousandths.
Step 2. Write what you just said as a common fraction. 375/1000
Step 3. Reduce to lowest terms. \(\displaystyle \frac{375}{1000}=\frac{3 \cdot 5 \cdot 5 \cdot 5}{5\cdot 5\cdot 5\cdot 8}=\frac{3}{8}\)