Question

What is 8.25 as a fraction in simplest form?

What is 0.55 as a fraction in simplest form?
What is 5/8 as a decimal?

Answer 1

8.25=8 1/4 0.55=55/100=11/20 5/8=0.625(divide 5/8)

Answer 2

8 is a whole number, so this will be the whole number part of our mixed number.

0.25 is a decimal, where 25 is in the HUNDREDths place, so we write 25 as a fraction over 100.


`\sf(25)/(100)`

Simplify by dividing 25 to the numerator and denominator.


`\sf25/25=1`

`\sf100/25=4`

So our fraction is
`\sf8(1)/(4)`

0.55 is a decimal, where 55 is in the HUNDREDths place, so we write 55 as a fraction over 100.


`\sf(55)/(100)`

Simplify by dividing 5 to the numerator and denominator.


`\sf55/5=11`

`\sf100/5=20`

So our fraction is
`\sf(11)/(20)`


`\sf(5)/(8)`

To convert this to a decimal, just divide 5 / 8


`\sf5/8=0.625`