What is 0.0256 as a fraction? What is 0.0256 as a fraction in lowest term? What does it mean to convert 0.0256 to a fraction? It means that you want to convert the decimal number .0256 to a fraction with a numerator (N) and denominator (D). In other words, you want to solve this equation:
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Here we will not only clearly explain how to get the answer to 0.0256 as a fraction, but also prove to you that our answer is correct.
First, note that 10000 multiplied by .0256 will get rid of the decimal point. Therefore, make a fraction where the numerator is .0256 times 10000 and denominator is 10000 like this:
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Next, multiply the numbers in the numerator together and keep the denominator as is. Now our fraction looks like this:
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The greatest common factor of 256 and 10000 is 16, which means you can divide the numerator and denominator by 16 and keep the same value:
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And when calculating the numerator and denominator in our fraction above, we get .0256 as a fraction in the simplest form possible:
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A numerator over a denominator in a fraction is the same as numerator divided by denominator. If you enter 16 divided by 625 on your calculator, you will see that the answer is 0.0256. Therefore, we know that the answer above is correct.
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