0.62
Write as a fraction over 1.00
Hence
0.62 / 1.00
Cancel down the decimal point
062/100
The prefix zero in the numerator is trivial and can be ignored.
62/100
Cancel down by '2'
31/50 The Simplest form .
NB When converting decimals to fractions, note the given number of decimal places. In the above case , 2 decimal places., so write the denominator as '1 point and two zeroes'.
A number such as 0.0062 is converted as 0.0062/1.0000 ( 4 decimal places)
Cancel down as before
00062/10000
= 62/10000
Cancel down 31/5000
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62/1,000 or 31/500
0.05 as a fraction simplified is 1/20
0.875 as a simplified fraction is 7/8
2.75 as a simplified fraction is 11/4
1.4 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, as a decimal fraction, there is no simplified equivalent. Its rational equivalent is 14/10 which can be simplified to 7/5.