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Write 0.46 as a fraction in simplest form

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0.46 in its most simple fraction form.

Here's how to do it.

0.46

Since this is already : 0.46/1 we can move them two places to the right to get a whole number.

0.46 ⇒ 46
1 ⇒ 100

46/100

But wait....our answer isn't in its most simple form. Let us simplify it!

46/100

Lets find a number that both 46 and 100 are divisible by.

46/2 = 23
100/2 = 50

Our final answer: 23/50


User Dcmoody
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Here's how to convert 0.46 to a fraction...

There is not much that can be done to figure out how to write 0.46 as a fraction, except to literally use what the decimal portion of your number, the .46, means.

Since there are 2 digits in 46, the very last digit is the "100th" decimal place.

So we can just say that .46 is the same as 46/100. The fraction is not reduced to lowest terms. We can reduce this fraction to lowest
terms by dividing both the numerator and denominator by 2.

Why divide by 2? 2 is the Greatest Common Divisor (GCD)
or Greatest Common Factor (GCF) of the numbers 46 and 100.
So, this fraction reduced to lowest terms is 23/50

So your final answer is: 0.46 can be written as the fraction 23/50

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