When you say a decimal out loud, you are essentially expressing it as a fraction. For example, the decimal 0.5 can be read as "point five" or "five tenths". This allows you to easily convert the decimal into a fraction by writing it as 5/10. This fraction can then be simplified by dividing both the numerator and denominator by their greatest common factor, which in this case is 5. The simplified fraction would be 1/2. Therefore, saying a decimal can help you to write it as a fraction by converting it into a verbal representation of a fraction, making it easier to write it in fractional form.
