What is -0.183 as a fraction?

Answer 1

To get a fraction, one moves the decimal point to the right until one is left with an integer. The final integer is divided by 10 for each move of the decimal point.

For example, -0.183 requires 3 moves to get to an integer as follows:

-0.183 -> -1.83 -> -18.3 -> -183

Since we moved the decimal 3 times, we divide -183 by

10 x 10 x 10 = 1,000

so, the fraction is

-183

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1000