How do you make this decimal 0.85 in simmpleiest form? And what will be the new number?
In fraction form it would be 17/20
thank you I forgot because I was absent that day!!!!
To simplify a decimal, you can convert it into a fraction and then simplify the fraction if possible. To convert 0.85 into a fraction, you need to understand that the decimal point separates the whole number part (before the decimal point) from the fractional part (after the decimal point).
Step 1: Write the decimal as a fraction by placing the decimal part over a power of 10. Since 0.85 has two decimal places, we put it over 100: 0.85 = 85/100.
Step 2: Simplify the fraction by dividing both the numerator and denominator by their greatest common divisor (GCD). In this case, the GCD of 85 and 100 is 5, so we can simplify the fraction by dividing both numbers by 5: (85 ÷ 5) / (100 ÷ 5) = 17/20.
Therefore, the simplified form of 0.85 is 17/20. The new number, when expressed in simplest form, is 17/20.