0.275 275 is in the thousandths place, therefore the numerator will be 275 and the denominator will be 1000. 275/1000 is our new fraction, but we must simplify. 5 goes into both numbers, so 275 divided by 5 is 55 and 1000 divided by 5 is 200. 55/200 is our new fraction. We keep dividing by 5 until you can't anymore. So when that's done the simplified fraction is 11/40.