How do you write 22.425 in fractional notation?

Answer 1

22.425

put .425 over 1

.425/1

move decimal places, top and bottom, all the way to the right to whole numbers

425/1000

start by factoring out 5

5*85/5*200

= 85/200

now, you can see that this fraction, when another 5 is factored out, reduces to

17/40

now you have the mixed number

22 and 17/40

so, improper fraction

(40*22+17)/40

= 897/40

-------------------simplest form