How do you change 0.375 into a fraction?

Answer 1

As any decimal.

Place decimal over 1

0.375/1

move decimal places all the way right to whole numbers

375/1000

factor

5*75/5*200

eliminate 5; top and bottom

75/200 (now we can factor all the way to simplest form)

25*3/25*8

eliminate 25' top and bottom

3/8

-------simplest form

Perhaps you are good enough to factor this only one time.