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How do you write, 24.23 as a mixed number in simplest form?

User Shmiel
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Answer:

24 23/100

Explanation:

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Answer:

24 23/100

Explanation:

"Twenty-three hundredths," or 23/100, is a fraction that cannot be reduced. The mixed number version is ...

24 23/100

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Additional comment

You start with a denominator that corresponds to the place value of the least-significant digit. Here, that's hundredths, so the fraction you start with is some number of hundredths. Then you reduce the fraction if possible, by canceling all factors of 2 or 5 that you can.

Had it been 23.24, you would start with 23 24/100 and cancel a factor of 4 from numerator and denominator: 23 6/25.

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