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How to convert 0.42decimal to a fraction?

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1) First read it out loud with out the dot/"and"

"Forty-two HUNDREDTHS"

2) Hundredths indicates it is in the 100th place value. Meaning this fraction is out of a 100.

42/100

3) Simplify!

42 21
---- = -------
100 50

4) Final Answer: 21/50
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