Converting a simple fraction to a decimal number is easier than you might think.
To do it without making a mistake, we recommend reviewing the reading of decimal numbers and making sure you know how to do it well.
If you really know how to correctly read decimal numbers, you are guaranteed success when trying to convert a decimal number to a simple fraction.
As is known, decimal numbers are composed of an integer part and a fractional part which, in turn, is composed of tenths, hundredths, and thousandths.
When converting tenths, hundredths, and thousandths into the denominator of the fraction we obtain:
Magnificent! Now let's remember that, in order to correctly read a decimal number we must find out what its last digit symbolizes.
For example, how would we read the decimal number 0.87?
7 is its last digit and it represents the hundredths, therefore, we will call the decimal number 87 hundredths.
Bingo! We have learned the signaling of the hundredths:
100X
All that remains for us to do is to place 87 in the numerator and get the simple fraction of the decimal number 0.87:
Convert the decimal number 0.3 to a fraction
Solution:
Let's ask ourselves, how is the decimal number read?
3 tenths.
Therefore, we will use the notation for tenths and place 3 in the numerator: 103
Convert the decimal number 0.200 to a fraction
Solution:
Let's ask ourselves, how is the decimal number read?
200 thousandths.
Therefore, we will use the notation for thousandths and place 0.200 in the numerator: 1000200
Pay attention, if the fraction can be simplified, you can do so without changing its value:
102=1000200
And, indeed, we already know that: 0.200=0.2
Convert the decimal number 0.75 to a fraction
Solution:
Let's ask ourselves, how is the decimal number read?
75 hundredths.
Therefore, we will use the notation of hundredths and place 75 in the numerator
10075
We can reduce by dividing by 25 and we will obtain: 43
What happens when the figure of the whole part is not 0?
Simply place the whole number next to the fraction and continue operating according to what has been studied.
For example:
Convert the decimal number 4.25 to a fraction.
Solution:
Let's ask ourselves, how is the decimal number read?
4 and 25 hundredths.
Therefore, we will use the notation of hundredths and place 25 in the numerator. Let's not forget to add 4 wholes to its side:
410025