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0.5 as a fraction in lowest term

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Seriously?

.5 = 5/10 = 1/2 reduced

User Rednafi
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To turn 0.5 into a fraction, first notice that there is only 1 number after the decimal point and the 5 in 0.5 is in the tenths place. The 5 in the tenths place can represent
(5)/(10). We can reduce the fraction to
(1)/(2) by dividing both the numerator and the denominator by 2.

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