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35 / 100
Step 3: Simplify the fraction:
÷ 5
35 / 100 = 7 / 20
÷ 5
Bring back the 2 (to make a mixed fraction):
Answer = 2
Example: Convert 0.333 to a fraction
Step 1: Write down:
0.333 / 1
Step 2: Multiply both top and bottom by 1,000 (3 digits after the decimal point so that is
10×10×10=1,000)
333 / 1000
Step 3: Simplify Fraction:
Can't get any simpler!
Answer = 333 / 1000
Conversion of fraction to decimal:
Step 1: Find a number you can multiply by the bottom of the fraction to make it 10, or 100, or 1000,
or any 1 followed by 0s.
Step 2: Multiply both top and bottom by that number.
Step 3: Then write down just the top number, putting the decimal point in the correct spot (one space
from the right hand side for every zero in the bottom number)
Example: Convert 34 to a Decimal
Step 1: We can multiply 4 by 25 to become 100