What is 0.032 as a fraction?
2 Answers
Nov 12, 2016
Explanation:
A decimal can be given as a fraction with very little working.
Each decimal place represents a power of 10.
3 decimal places represent the number of thousandths.
This can be changed to simplest form by dividing by
Nov 12, 2016
Explanation:
The numbers after the decimal point determine the
#color(blue)"place value"# Hence 0.032 denotes 0 tenths, the 3 denotes 3 hundredths and the 2 denotes 2 thousandths.
#rArr0.032=3/100+2/1000# Expressing with
#color(blue)"common denominators"#
#=(3/100xx10/10)+2/1000=30/1000+2/1000=32/1000# The fraction
#32/1000# can be simplified by#color(blue)"cancelling"#
#(32÷8)/(1000÷8)=4/125# That is
#32/1000=cancel(32)^4/cancel(1000)^(125)=4/125" in simplest form"#