What is 0.44444 as a fraction?

What is 0.44444 as a fraction?


0.44444 is 11111/25000 as a fraction

How to convert decimals as fractions

What are fraction ?

Word “fraction” is derived from the Latin word fractus. It simply means how many parts of a whole we have. A fraction consists of a numerator, a slash and denominator. For example in the fraction 3/4, 3 is the numerator and 4 is the denominator.

Steps to convert 0.44444 to fraction ?

Steps:
  • Step 1: Write down the decimal divided by 1, like this: decimal 1
  • Step 2: Multiply both top and bottom by 10 for every number after the decimal point. (For example, if there are two numbers after the decimal point, then use 100, if there are three then use 1000, etc.)
  • Step 3: Simplify (or reduce) the fraction
  • Example: Convert 0.44444 to a fraction

    Step 1: Write down 0.44444 divided by 1:

    0.44444 1

    Step 2: Multiply both top and bottom by 100000 (because there are 5 digits after the decimal point so that is 100000:
    × 100000
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    0.44444 1 = 44444 100000
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    × 100000

    (Do you see how it turns the top number into a whole number?)

    Step 3: Simplify the Fraction:
    ÷4
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    44444 100000 = 11111 25000
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    ÷4

    Answer = 11111 25000

    Note: 44444/100000 is called a decimal fraction and 11111/25000 is called a common fraction !

    How to read a fraction?

    The simplest way to read fractions is to simply read them as numerator over denominator. Example, fraction 5/8 can be read as five over eight.

    Example of fractions in real life - 1

    Lets say in a school of 25000 students, there are 11111 boys and remaining are girls. We can then simply say the the fraction of boys in this school are 11111/25000 and ratio of boys to total students is 0.44444

    Example of fractions in real life - 2

    Lets say we have a total of 25000 balls. Among these 25000 balls. 11111 are white and rest are black. We can then simply say the the fraction of white balls is 11111/25000 , and ratio of white balls to total balls is 0.44444
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