What is 0.032 as a fraction?
2 Answers
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
Explanation:
The numbers after the decimal point determine the
color(blue)"place value"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⇒0.032=3100+21000 Expressing with
color(blue)"common denominators"common denominators
=(3/100xx10/10)+2/1000=30/1000+2/1000=32/1000=(3100×1010)+21000=301000+21000=321000 The fraction
32/1000321000 can be simplified bycolor(blue)"cancelling"cancelling
(32÷8)/(1000÷8)=4/12532÷81000÷8=4125 That is
32/1000=cancel(32)^4/cancel(1000)^(125)=4/125" in simplest form"