Simplify the Fraction: Converting 12/200 to Its Simplest Form

Question

$\frac{12}{200}=\text{ ?}$

00:00 Convert to decimal fraction

00:03 Convert the fraction so the denominator is a multiple of 10

00:06 Make sure to divide both numerator and denominator

00:15 Write the numerator as a number

00:18 Now according to the denominator move the decimal point left

00:21 There are 2 zeros in the denominator, so move 2 times left

00:27 And this is the solution to the question

Let's divide both the numerator and denominator by 2 to get 100 in the denominator:

$\frac{12:2}{200:2}=\frac{6}{100}$

Now let's rewrite the simple fraction as a decimal fraction:

$6.0$

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

$.060$

Now let's add the zero before the decimal point to get:

$0.060=0.06$

0.06