Simply take the fraction, and do the long division (numerator) divided by (denominator).
The quotient is the decimal way to write the fraction.
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The value of the 5 as a fraction is 1/2 or as a decimal is 0.5
A term for a number that has no decimal or fraction is called a whole number.
It is: 0.1101 = 1101/10000 as a fraction
A decimal number is one in which the place value of each digit is ten times the place value of the digit to its right. (... , thousands, hundreds, tens, units, tenths, hundredths, ... ) A decimal point is used to separate the units from the tenths. If a number in decimal form has non-zero digits after the decimal point then it is a decimal fraction. [There is one esoteric exception: if the decimal point is followed by an infinite string of 9s, then it is not a decimal fraction.] Thus 37.6 is a decimal fraction 0.6 is a decimal fraction 0.00000063 is a decimal fraction 37 is not a decimal fraction. 37.0 is not a decimal fraction. 37.999... recurring is no a decimal fraction [it is in fact = 38].
Convert the absolute value of the decimal to a fraction and then put a minus sign before it.