it can be called a ratio also.
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0.259 is a decimal. Some people would call it a decimal fraction. It is equivalent to a fraction. (259/100) Mixed numbers are greater than one.
That could be a fraction, a decimal, or a mixed number.
Ah, what a happy little question we have here. If we look closely, we can see that 0.4545454545 is a repeating decimal. To turn it into a fraction, we can call it x and subtract it from 100x to get a whole number. This gives us the fraction 5/11, a beautiful and harmonious representation of our repeating decimal.
0.007 is a fraction. It is a fraction in decimal form rather than in the form of a ratio. However, that does not stop it being a fraction. And, since it is a decimal fraction, there is not another simpler decimal form. Its equivalent, in rational form, is 7/1000 which cannot be simplified.