Question

What is 5.96 as a fraction

Answer 1

There are a couple of ways to write this. One, the simplest in my opinion, is this:
Five wholes and 96 hundredths. To write this it is:
5 96/100
However, this can be simplified and we know this because their GCF (greatest common factor) is 4. Divide each by 4. 
= 24/25

(NOTE: DONT SIMPLIFY THE WHOLE NUMBER!)