Step-by-step explanation: Using the place value chart we can see that 0.25 is <em>twenty-five hundredths</em> which can be written as the fraction 25/100. Since 25/100 is not in lowest terms, we divide the numerator and denominator by the greatest common factor of 25 and 100 which is 25 to get 1/4.
Therefore, <em>0.25</em> is equivalent to the fraction <em>1/4</em>.
