Like if you had .87 what is that in a fraction?
2006-08-16 13:51:46 · 10 answers · asked by Lori S 2 in Education & Reference ➔ Homework Help
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2006-08-16 13:57:48 · update #1
It depends on how many places you go out, but each place is 10.
So in this case .87 = 87/100
2006-08-16 13:55:35 · answer #1 · answered by penpallermel 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If it's two to the right of the decimal, it's 100 so this is 87/100
If it's one over from the decimal it's 10 so .5 is 5/10 and then you can reduce that to 1/2.
Remember:
.00 = hundreds
.000 = thousands
.0 = tens
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2006-08-16 13:58:16 · answer #2 · answered by Mama R 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's 87/100. Just always make sure you make the smallest fraction possible. Eg. .25 = 25/100 = 1/4
2006-08-16 13:57:18 · answer #3 · answered by Kat 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
In this case, just move the decimal point to the right 2 places. .87 becomes 87/100. If the number was .3876, you would move the decimal to the right 4 places, and the answer would be,3876/100. I hope this helps.
2006-08-20 13:31:16 · answer #4 · answered by hollyltstarfleet 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
For example 1.356 you make the decimal into a whole number by multiplying it by a factor of 10, in this case 1000. Then you take the whole number and divide it by the factor of 10, so the value is the same. Now you have 1356/1000, which you can reduce by finding the GCF how you would with all fractions. I hope this helps.
2006-08-16 14:05:03 · answer #5 · answered by Cobweb 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
.87 would be 87/100
.899 would be 899/1000..and so on
Sometimes that won't give you the smallest numbers, e.g. if you have .4 it's 4/10, but can be cut to 2/5. There is a process for that, too, but the easiest is just to divide by small numbers (2,3,5) until you get there
2006-08-16 13:59:50 · answer #6 · answered by Ivan 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
87/100
2006-08-16 13:55:44 · answer #7 · answered by Yahoo! User 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Divide by 100; it's that easy! .87 would be 87 divided by 100, or 87/100
2006-08-16 13:57:53 · answer #8 · answered by arizona wolfman 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A decimal really is a fraction in a complicated form. For example, .1 is called "one-tenth." In fraction form, this is 1/10, or one-tenth! Simply take the number behind the decimal and put it over the appropriate number (for example .01 is 1/100, .001 is 1/1000, .0001 is 1/10,000, .2691 is 2691/10,000) then reduce the fraction. (for example, for the fraction .25 you put the number over 100, giving you 25/100, then reduce to give you 1/4.
2006-08-16 13:59:24 · answer #9 · answered by Jim S 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
87 over 100 or it depends on what it is out of, but hope i helped and if you can reduce it but i think 87 is prime.
2006-08-16 13:58:58 · answer #10 · answered by brittanys789 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋