Express 0.85 as a fraction?
make sure to multipliy
make sure to multipliy
3 Answers
See below.
Explanation:
The decimal
Therefore, your answer is
I hope that helps!
Explanation:
The first step we can take is to put 85 over 100 because
We can simplify this by dividing the numerator and denominator by the greatest common factor (in this case, 5).
17 is a prime number, so there's no way we can simplify this further.
Explanation:
Another way of looking at the decimal of
So
Multiply by 1 and you do not change the value. However 1 comes in many forms. So write as:
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But 5 will divide exactly into both 85 and 100
When dividing or multiplying what you do the top of a fraction you also do to the bottom. In doing so we 'simplify' to an 'equivalent' fraction
Where the symbol