What is 0.3875 as a fraction? What is 0.3875 as a fraction in lowest term? What does it mean to convert 0.3875 to a fraction? It means that you want to convert the decimal number .3875 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 0.3875 as a fraction, but also prove to you that our answer is correct.
First, note that 10000 multiplied by .3875 will get rid of the decimal point. Therefore, make a fraction where the numerator is .3875 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 3875 and 10000 is 125, which means you can divide the numerator and denominator by 125 and keep the same value:
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And when calculating the numerator and denominator in our fraction above, we get .3875 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 31 divided by 80 on your calculator, you will see that the answer is 0.3875. Therefore, we know that the answer above is correct.
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