Question

Charlotte ran 1.25 miles yesterday. How could we write this distance as a fraction?

Answer 1

Given that Charlotte ran 1.25 miles, let's represent this distance as a fraction.

To write this as a fraction, we have:

First step:

Divide the decimal by 1

`(1.25)/(1)`

Second step:

Multiply the numerator and denominator by 100, because it has 2 decimal places (hundreth)

`(1.25\ast100)/(1\ast100)=(125)/(100)`

To simplify this, we have:

`(125)/(100)=(5)/(4)`

ANSWER:

`(125)/(100)`