Question

Write the decimal as a fraction and reduce the fraction to the lowest form: $3.6$

Answer 1

Step 1: Converting the decimal into fraction

We can express a decimal number as a fraction by keeping the given number as the numerator without a decimal point and writing $1$ in the denominator followed by as many zeroes on the right as the number of decimal places in the given decimal number has.

$3.6=\frac{36}{10}$

Step2: Reducing the fraction to the lowest form

$\frac{36}{10}=\frac{36÷2}{10÷2}=\frac{18}{5}$

Hence, the fraction and the reduced form of $3.6$ is$\frac{36}{10}$ and$\frac{18}{5}$respectively.