What is 0.26 as a fraction? What is 0.26 as a fraction in lowest term? What does it mean to convert 0.26 to a fraction? It means that you want to convert the decimal number .26 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 0.26 as a fraction, but also prove to you that our answer is correct.
First, note that 100 multiplied by .26 will get rid of the decimal point. Therefore, make a fraction where the numerator is .26 times 100 and denominator is 100 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 26 and 100 is 2, which means you can divide the numerator and denominator by 2 and keep the same value:
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And when calculating the numerator and denominator in our fraction above, we get .26 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 13 divided by 50 on your calculator, you will see that the answer is 0.26. Therefore, we know that the answer above is correct.
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