This math skill teaches how to convert a decimal to a fraction by expressing the decimal as hundredths, writing it as a fraction, and then simplifying the fraction by dividing the numerator and denominator by their greatest common divisor.
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Converting a decimal to a fraction
Test your understanding of converting decimal to fraction by practicing it! Work through the below exercises to use it in practice.
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What fraction would be the same as 0.16?
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0 point 16 is the same as 16 hundrededths, so let's write it as a fraction over 100
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Now we can try to simplify the fraction. We will divide both top and bottom by 4
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We are left with a fraction of 4 over 25 as the answer.