To convert the repeating decimal 0.257142857 to a fraction, we can denote it as x and subtract the non-repeating part from it. Therefore, x = 0.257142857 and 1000000x = 257142.857. By subtracting x from 1000000x, we get 999999x = 257142.857. Simplifying this, we find x = 257142.857 / 999999, which can be further simplified to 1800 / 6999. Therefore, 0.257142857 as a fraction is 1800/6999.
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Ah, what a delightful question! Let's turn this decimal into a lovely fraction. If we look closely, we see that 0.257142857 is a repeating decimal. By understanding that the repeating pattern is 714285, we can express it as 257142857/999999000, which simplifies to 9/35. Isn't that just a happy little fraction?
0.257152857 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. Its equivalent, in rational form, is 257152857/1000000000, which cannot be simplified.
Every fraction is an equivalent fraction: each fraction in decimal form has an equivalent rational fraction as well as an equivalent percentage fraction.
A fraction that has a different sign to the first fraction.
Divide the fraction by 100, and you will get the percentage of a fraction.
Or both. That's a complex fraction.
The number below the fraction bar in a fraction is the denominator. The number above the fraction bar is the numerator.