YES!!!!
e.g.
0.5 is 1/2
Method
0.5/1.0
Cancel down the decimal point
05/10
Drop the prefix zero
5/10
Cancel down by '5'
1/2
Similarly
0.35 becomes
0.35/1.00
035/100 = 35/100
= 7/20
However recurring decimals such as 0.3333... require a different method
We say let P = 0.333333....
Then multiply by 10
Then 10P = 3.333333....
Then sdubtract the two number
10P - p = 3.3333.... - 0..3333....
9P = 3.0
P
= 3/9
Cancel down by '3'
P = 1/3
Irrational Decimals such as 'pi' = 3.141592654.... or sqrt(2) + 1.414213562.... do NOT convert to an exact fraction.
pi = 3.14 ~ 22/7 are only approximations.
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