56%, what would the fraction and decimal be
56/100= 23/50
.56 is a neat fraction. What does it mean? How many hundredths is .56?
To understand what the decimal .56 represents, we need to break it down. The first digit of .56 is 5, which represents 5 tenths. The second digit is 6, which represents 6 hundredths. So, the decimal .56 means that it represents 5 tenths and 6 hundredths.
To express the decimal .56 as a fraction, we need to convert it. The digit 6 is in the hundredths place, so it can be written as 6/100. Therefore, .56 is equivalent to 56/100.
Simplifying the fraction 56/100, we can divide the numerator and denominator by their greatest common factor, which is 4. By dividing both 56 and 100 by 4, we get 14/25.
So, the fraction equivalent of .56 is 14/25, and the decimal .56 represents 5 tenths and 6 hundredths.