Write 0.08 as a fraction

Step by step

The question

Question: write 0.08 as a fraction.

1 Read the place value

0.08 has 2 digits after the point.

The last digit is in the hundredths.

So we write it over 100.

0.08 is 8 hundredths: 8/100.

2 Simplify

8 and 100 can both be divided by 4.

That makes it simpler.

So it is 2/25.

Can we make it simpler?

No number goes into both 2 and 25, except 1.

So it stays like this.

3 Check

Let's check: make the bottom 100 again.

2 times 4 is 8.

25 times 4 is 100.

8 hundredths is 0.08.

So the answer is right!

Let's look back.

First: read the place value.

Then: simplify.

Last: check.