Write 0.0625 as a fraction

Step by step

The question

Question: write 0.0625 as a fraction.

1 Read the place value

0.0625 has 4 digits after the point.

The last digit is in the ten-thousandths.

So we write it over 10000.

0.0625 is 625 ten-thousandths: 625/10000.

2 Simplify

625 and 10000 can both be divided by 625.

That makes it simpler.

So it is 1/16.

Can we make it simpler?

No number goes into both 1 and 16, except 1.

So it stays like this.

3 Check

Let's check: make the bottom 10000 again.

1 times 625 is 625.

16 times 625 is 10000.

625 ten-thousandths is 0.0625.

So the answer is right!

Let's look back.

First: read the place value.

Then: simplify.

Last: check.