How do you write 0.409 as a fraction?

Answer 1

1 decimal place equals a denominator of 10

2 decimal places equal a denominator of 100

3 decimal places equal a denominator of 1,000

Since there are 3 decimal places in 0.409, we would make 1,000 the denominator and 409 the numerator. Which makes your fraction 409/1,000.

Answer 2

To write 0.409 as a fraction, we can express it as 409/1000. However, we can further simplify this fraction by dividing both the numerator and denominator by their greatest common divisor, which is 1. Therefore, 0.409 can be written as 409/1000 in simplest form.