A decimal is similar to a fraction because they are both part of a whole number, not a whole number, just part of one. For example, 0.5 is the same thing as 1/2 , or half. This means both are only half of a whole number.
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1.23 and similar numbers with figures AFTER the decimal point are Decimal Fractions. When expressed as an 'ordinary' fraction then 1.23 = 123/100
Similar fractions are those denominators the same.
As a review, similar fractions (also like fractions) are fractions having the same denominators
You can compare similar fractions by looking at their numerators. You can compare dissimilar fractions by converting them to similar fractions and looking at their numerators. You can convert a dissimilar fraction to a similar fraction by finding the least common denominator.
You first convert them to equivalent fractions with a common denominator. Or you convert them to decimal fractions.