What is the fraction form of 0.03125?

Answer 1

For decimal numbers or fractions representing less than one whole piece or "1", the following are true:

Decimals that represent numbers less than one are related to the size of a part of a whole, or "1".

Any fraction with a larger denominator than it's numerator falls into this category of "less than one". Within this category, the fraction represents the number of fractional pieces, parts or portions of the "original" whole, or "1".

Therefore, fractionally 0.03125 represents 0.03125 sized fractional pieces relative to one whole, because decimals are fractions too!!!

Hmmmm....

Relative to "1", the pieces are 0.0315 in size when notated in decimal fraction notation. But how many fractional .03125 pieces would it take to make one whole piece?

Well, if the whole were divided by this sized piece, that would yield how many pieces?

1 ...................... / ............0.03125 .................... = ............ x

1/0.03125 = x

1/0.03125 = 32

32 pieces!

32 pieces relative to 1 whole, or fractionally 32 divisions of 1

1/32

*in decimal notation, 0.03125 is the same as 1/32nd. Think of fractions as a representation of the number of PIECES or DIVISIONS of one whole or constant. Decimals are more often used to express a measurement of SIZE in multiples of one and/or tenths of one whole measurement unit or base constant

Decimal notation is also used to express percentages and remaining tenths and multiples or tenth portions of one percent in percentage calculations.