Numbers can be represented in a variety of ways including percentages, decimals, and fractions. The ability to convert any number from one format to another is an important math skill to have. These skills are typically thought in fifth grade math and require an understanding of place values and Greatest Common Factor (GCF).
In this article, we teach those skills step by step while demonstrating how to convert decimal 3.97487 into a fraction.
Step 1:
First, we write 3.97487 asStep 2:
Next, we multiply both the numerator and denominator by 10 for each digit after the decimal point. Remember the numerator is the top part of the fraction and the denominator is the bottom part!Learn how a variety of decimals are represented as a fraction.
Practice makes perfect! Gain experience converting decimals into fractions with these examples: