Question

How do you change $1.25$ into a fraction?

Answer 1

Changing a decimal to fraction:

Given, decimal number is $1.25$

To convert decimal into fraction, we will change it into a percent first.

$1.25$ in percent is written as $125\%$

It can then be rewritten in fraction as,

$125\%$ is $\frac{125}{100}$

Reducing the fraction in its simplest form by dividing the numerator and denominator by a common factor $25$ we get, $\frac{5}{4}$.

Hence, the fractional form of $1.25$ is $\frac{5}{4}$.