Convert Decimal 32.80 to Simplified Fraction Form

Question

Convert into a mixed fraction:

$32.80$

00:05 Let's write this as a reduced and simplified fraction.

00:09 Divide each digit after the decimal point by the place value it represents.

00:15 Next, place the correct denominator.

00:18 Don't forget to add thirty-two.

00:26 Reduce the fraction by dividing both the numerator and the denominator as much as you can.

00:46 And that's how you solve this problem!

Let's write the decimal fraction as a mixed fraction.

Since there are 2 digits after the decimal point, we divide 80 by 100 and then 32, as follows:

$32+\frac{80}{100}$

Now let's divide the simple fraction by the highest number that can divide both the numerator and denominator, in this case the number is 20:

$32+\frac{80:20}{100:20}=32+\frac{4}{5}=32\frac{4}{5}$

$32\frac{4}{5}$