Converting 85/100: Fraction to Decimal Transformation

Question

Convert the fraction $\frac{85}{100}$ into decimal form.

00:00 Convert to decimal fraction

00:03 When the denominator equals 100, the numerator is the decimal number:

00:11 When dividing by 100, the decimal point moves twice to the left

00:16 And this is the solution to the question

Let's write the simple fraction as a decimal fraction:

$85.0$

Since the fraction divides by 100, we move the decimal point two places to the left:

$.850$

We add a zero before the decimal point as follows:

$0.850=0.85$

$0.85$