What is the reciprocal of a negative decimal?

Answer 1

First, you do it how you would do a regular reciprocal. Let's use -6.25 for an example:

1) -6.25 = 6 -25/100

Simplify it to 6 -1/4

2) Then you turn it on to a improper fraction-

-24/4

3) then you flip it and you get 4/-24

4) Done. :)