Question

How do you write the simple fraction equivalent of 7.5?

Answer 1

See a solution process below:

Explanation:

`7.5` is the same as 7 and 5 tenths or:

`7 + 5/10`

We can convert this to an improper fraction as:

`(10/10 xx 7) + 5/10 => 70/10 + 5/10 => (70 + 5)/10 => 75/10`

We can now simplify this as:

`75/10 => (15 * 5)/(2 * 5) => (15 * color(red)(cancel(color(black)(5))))/(2 * color(red)(cancel(color(black)(5)))) => 15/2`