How do you convert decimal 0.974 to a fraction?

Answer 1

-- While listening carefully, read the decimal aloud.

-- Quickly write down what you've heard yourself say.

-- You should have written down "Nine hundred seventy-four thousandths" or 974/1000 .

-- On your paper, you now have a fraction. You may stop there, or reduce it

to lowest terms, in order to make it appear more elegant.