Write 0.25 as a fraction

Step by step

The question

Question: write 0.25 as a fraction.

1 Read the place value

0.25 has 2 digits after the point.

The last digit is in the hundredths.

So we write it over 100.

0.25 is 25 hundredths: 25/100.

2 Simplify

25 and 100 can both be divided by 25.

That makes it simpler.

So it is 1/4.

Can we make it simpler?

No number goes into both 1 and 4, except 1.

So it stays like this.

3 Check

Let's check: make the bottom 100 again.

1 times 25 is 25.

4 times 25 is 100.

25 hundredths is 0.25.

So the answer is right!

Let's look back.

First: read the place value.

Then: simplify.

Last: check.