<span>Let x equal your repeating decimal. Call this equation x = 1.273 </span><span>Multiply both sides of your previous expressions by 100. Call this equation 100x = 127.273 </span><span>Subtract 1 from both sides of the equation to get 99x = 126. </span><span>Divide both sides of the equation by 99 to get 126/99. </span><span>126/99 reduced is to its lowest terms is 1 and 3/11. </span>