Question

Write the following decimal number in its equivalent fraction form. Show all work for full credit. 0.225

Answer 1

Rewrite the decimal number as a fraction with 1 in the denominator

0.225=0.22510.225=0.2251

Multiplying by 1 to eliminate 3 decimal places, we multiply top and bottom by 103 = 1000

0.2251×10001000=2251000

Answer 2

0.225 = 225⁄1000 
225⁄1000 = 9⁄40