Question

Write the following decimal number in its equivalent fraction form. Show all work for full credit. 0.255

Answer 1

ANSWER


`0.255 = (51)/(200)`

Step-by-step explanation

The given decimal is 0.255

To change this fraction to its equivalent fraction form,we multiply by 1000 and divide by 1000.

This gives us,


`0.255 = (0.255 * 1000)/(1000)`

Multiply out the numerator to obtain;


`0.255 = (255)/(1000)`

This simplifies to


`0.255 = (51)/(200)`