express 3.84 as a fraction in simplest form
3.84 = 384/100 = 96/25
Your teacher might want you to change this to a mixed fraction of 3 21/25
To express 3.84 as a fraction in simplest form, we need to convert the decimal number into a fraction.
Step 1: Multiply both the numerator and denominator by 100 to remove the decimal point. This is because 3.84 can be written as 3.84/1.
3.84 * 100/1 = 384/1
Step 2: Simplify the fraction. Since the numerator and denominator do not have any common factors other than 1, the fraction 384/1 is already in its simplest form.
Hence, 3.84 can be expressed as the fraction 384/100.