How Do You Write 2.5 as a Fraction?
Answer – 2.5 as a fraction can be written as .
Explanation:
Any number can be expressed as a fraction by simply dividing it by 1.
So 2.5 becomes .
However, for a decimal to be considered converted to a fraction, we need to eliminate the decimal point in the expression.
For this, we begin by multiplying both the numerator and the denominator by 10 raised to the power of the number of digits after the decimal point.
Since 2.5 has one digit after the decimal point, we divide the numerator and denominator by 10¹:
This fraction can now be simplified further. For this, we find the greatest common factor (or GCF) of the numerator and denominator and divide both by it.
The GCF of 25 and 10 is 5.
So, we divide both the numerator and denominator by 5 as follows:
So 2.5 as a fraction is .
