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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