Question

Express 2.98 as a mixed number

Answer 1

A mixed number is (a whole number) plus (a fraction).

The whole number is no problem.  It's ' 2 ' .
But how to get a fraction from  .98  ?

The easiest way I know to explain it is:  Read it out loud, and
write down what you hear yourself saying.

When you read ' .98 ' out loud, you should say
"ninety-eight hundredths" .

Write that down:  98/100 .  There's your fraction.
It looks a little bit neater if you simplify it ... divide
the top and bottom by 2 , and then you have        49/50 .

So  2.98  is the same as the mixed number  ( 2 and 49/50 ).