Question

What is 4.29 as a mixed number

Answer 1

We use the decimal system, which means every place you "move" in a decimal number, we multiply or divide by ten. We have the unit on the left side of the dot, and the tenth 1 place to right of the dot, the hundredth 2 places to the right of the dot. In math terms, let's use the famous number pi as an example.

`3.14159265359\ldots=3+(1)/(10)+(4)/(100)+(1)/(1000)+(5)/(10000)+(9)/(100000)+\cdots`

A mixed number is a combination of the unit and the fractional parts of a number. For our number 4.29, we have 4 units and 29 hundredths, which means we can rewrite as:

`4.29=(429)/(100)=4(29)/(100)`