Numbers can be represented in a variety of ways including percentages, decimals, and fractions. The ability to convert any number from one format to another is an important math skill to have. These skills are typically thought in fifth grade math and require an understanding of place values and Greatest Common Factor (GCF).
In this article, we teach those skills step by step while demonstrating how to convert decimal 0.77423 into a fraction.
Step 1:
First, we write 0.77423 asStep 2:
Next, we multiply both the numerator and denominator by 10 for each digit after the decimal point. Remember the numerator is the top part of the fraction and the denominator is the bottom part!Practise makes perfect! Gain experience converting decimals to fractions with these examples:
