0.7875 is 63/80 as a 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.
0.7875 1
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0.7875 1 | = | 7875 10000 |
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(Do you see how it turns the top number into a whole number?)
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7875 10000 | = | 63 80 |
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÷125 |
Note: 7875/10000 is called a decimal fraction and 63/80 is called a common 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.
Lets say in a school of 80 students, there are 63 boys and remaining are girls. We can then simply say the the fraction of boys in this school are 63/80 and ratio of boys to total students is 0.7875