Write the whole number down.
Convert the decimal into a fraction.
Write the fraction next to the whole number and treat it as a mixed fraction.
Thus:
4.1666.....
Step I: 4
Step II: 0.1666... = 1/6
Step III: Answer = 41/6
You could convert 41/6 to 25/6 if you like.
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To convert a fraction to a decimal, divide the top number by the bottom number.
The easiest way it to convert them all to decimals. Carry out the repeating decimals to an equal number of places. Then it is easy to put them in order.
No. Anything that has a finite number of decimals (or repeating decimals) is a rational number.
Repeating decimals are always rational.
Repeating decimals consist of a fixed string of digits which repeat infinitely in the decimal representation of a number. These may start anywhere after a finite number of digits.