How do you write 3.875 as a mixed number in simplest form?

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EZ as pi
Jul 14, 2016

#3.875 = 3 875/1000 = 3 7/8#

Explanation:

It is worth learning the decimal equivalents of the most simple and common fractions, #1/2, 1/4, 3/4, 1/3, 2/3,# the fifths and the eighths.

#3.875 = 3 7/8#

However, from basic principals decimals can be written as fractions with powers of 10 as the denominators.

#3.875 = 3 875/1000#

Simplifying by 5 several times, or by 125 leads to #3 7/8#

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