Question

Write the decimal -0.43 as a fraction in simplest form.

Written as a fraction, the decimal -0.43 is

Answer 1

The fraction form of the decimal -0.43 is -43/100

To determine the fraction form

Identify the place value of the last digit in the decimal (which is hundredths place for two decimal places).Write the decimal without the negative sign: 0.43Count the number of decimal places (2 decimal places in this case).Write the decimal as the numerator over the place value as the denominator. Simplify the fraction if possible.

Then, from the information given, we have that the decimal -0.43 in fraction form is expressed as;

- 43/100

Answer 2

-0.43= -43/100 I think this is correct I don’t know if it can be simplified