To convert the repeating decimal 0.5555555555555 to a fraction, we can represent it as (0.\overline{5}). Let x = 0.5555555555555. Multiplying x by 10 gives 10x = 5.5555555555555. Subtracting x from 10x gives 9x = 5, so x = 5/9. Therefore, 0.5555555555555 is equal to 5/9 as a fraction.
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0.5555555555555 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 rational equivalent is 5555555555555/10000000000000 which can 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.