Fraction as decimal
You learn to write a fraction as a decimal, with hundredths as a bridge.
How to work it out
- Convert fraction to hundredths: multiply top and bottom by the same factor.
- Write hundredths as decimal: 25100 is 0.25.
14
12 = ?
- Find a number so the denominator becomes 100: 2 × 50 = 100.
- Multiply the top and the bottom by 50: 12 = 50100.
- Write it as a decimal: 50 hundredths is 0.5.
12
More examples
34 = ?
- Multiply the top and the bottom by 25: 34 = 75100.
- Write it as a decimal: 75 hundredths is 0.75.
34
25 = ?
- Multiply the top and the bottom by 20: 25 = 40100.
- Write it as a decimal: 40 hundredths is 0.4.
25