An equivalent to 44:38 is 22:19
Start by proving to them that the number 0.57 can be converted into a fraction . A whole number can't exactly be put in to a fraction. 0.57 can be converted to 14.25/25. This information means that 0.57 IS a rational number. Hope this convinced them!
Eight and five hundred seventeen thousandths.
That is a direct division, if you are confused by the decimal point, lets get rid of it! We can get rid of the decimal point multiplying the upper and lower parts of the division by 10, lets do it:
<span>62.8 / 3
= 10*</span><span>62.8 / 10*3
= </span><span>628 / 30
we can try to reduce the fraction dividing by 2 the upper and lower parts:
= 314/15
and now we have to make the operation:
= 20.93</span>
Alejandro is correct because you do not need to add another number to 76.518, as Jiro did, but you need to round it to the nearest tenth.
Glad I could help, and good luck!