Conversion of Decimal into ordinary Fraction
In the numerator we should have write the given number leaving out the decimal point. In the denominator we have to write one ‘1’ followed by as many zeros ‘0’ as the number of digits after the decimal point. Reduce the fraction to its simplest form.
Example.1)
578 289
1) 5.78 = --------- = ---------
100 50
5248 1312 656
2) 5.248 = ---------- = ---------- = ---------
1000 250 125
24 3
3) 0.024 = --------- = --------
1000 125