Well, honey, 3.06 can be written as 306/100 because that decimal point is just playing games. Simplify that bad boy by dividing the top and bottom by 2 and you've got yourself 153/50. Voila! A fraction in all its glory.
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Multiply it by a number which makes it into a whole number but also divide it by that same number, then simplify. Example: I pick 100, so 3.06*100/100 = 306/100. Now we can simplify 306/100 to 153/50, which is its most reduced form, so 3.06 = 153/50.
This is 23/100
Can you make a fraction from it? -14.3 = -143/100 A fraction is a ratio, therefore rational. This is a rational number. ■
The mixed number consists of a whole number and a fraction. Multiply the denominator of the fraction portion by the whole number and to this product add the numerator of the fraction portion. This value is the numerator of the new improper fraction. The denominator of the new improper fraction is the same as the denominator of the original fraction portion of the mixed number.
Put the integer over 100 then reduce.
You can first make it into a mixed fraction of -7 32/100 and simplify the 32 over 100, which gives you 8/25. Then your answer could be -7 and 8/25. But if you need it in an improper fraction, then you multiply -7 and 25 and add 8. This gives you -167/25.