Divide the top of the fraction by the bottom. eg 2/5 . Five into two cannot be done so put a zero. Then a decimal point. Five into twenty is 4.
2/5 is equal to 0.4 which is same as 4/10 if it helps you to visualise it.
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A calculator can convert numbers that appear as decimals into numbers that appear as fractions. Fractions are generally considered more easy to use then decimals.
It really doesn't matter whichever one you are more comfortable with. fractions are a bit more challenging to convert.
They can show the same number, just in different ways. You can convert fractions into decimals or decimals into fractions.
Two ways: convert them to decimals or convert them to similar fractions and compare the numerators.
to order fractions you can cross multiply two fractions at a time or you can convert all the fractions into decimals.