.Write each decimal as fraction in simplest form 1.0.222 2.2.0.1515 3.0242424 4.0.5555 5.-0.124124124
If you are going to list decimals, I would highly advise separating them with commas, as opposed with a numbered list. The decimals are confusing to read. If you want to use a numbered list still, I would do what I did below.
This is how I would revise your question:
Write each decimal as a fraction in simplest form.
1) 0.222
2) 0.1515
3) .0242424
4) 0.5555
5) -0.124124124
This is what I perceive the intended decimals to be, but I am not entirely sure, so correct me if I am wrong.
I will start with the first decimal, 0.222.
\(0.222\) | First, identify what place the decimal extends until (in this case, it extends to the thousandths place) and set it equal to a fraction over 1000. |
\(0.222=\frac{222}{1000}\) | Now, identify the GCF of the fraction. It is harder with larger numbers, but both numbers are even, so we can, at least, divide by 2. |
\(\frac{222}{1000} \div \frac{2}{2}=\frac{111}{500}\) | 111 and 500 do not share any common factors, except for 1, so this fraction is in simplest form. |
I will do the next decimal, 0.1515
\(0.1515\) | Do the same process as above; the decimal extends until the ten thousandths place. Set it to a fraction over that amount, ten thousand. |
\(0.1515=\frac{1515}{10000}\) | Yet again, it can be hard to determine the GCF, but both numbers end in a 5 or 0, so both are divisible by 5. |
\(\frac{1515}{10000}\div \frac{5}{5}=\frac{303}{2000}\) | Yet again, there are no common factors greater than 1, so this fraction is irreducible. |
I will do the next decimal, as well.
\(0.0242424\) | This extends to the ten millionth place, so put the number over a fraction over ten million. |
\(0.0242424=\frac{242424}{10000000}\) | The numerator and denominator's final two digits are divisible by 4, so we can divide them by, at least, 4. |
\(\frac{242424}{10000000}\div\frac{4}{4}=\frac{60606}{2500000}\) | We aren't done yet. The numerator and denominator are both even, so it is divisible by 2. |
\(\frac{60606}{2500000}\div\frac{2}{2}=\frac{30303}{125000}\) | The numerator and denominator are co-prime, so this fraction is in simplest form. |
Here goes the next one:
\(0.5555\) | The decimal extends to the ten thousandths place, so make a fraction over ten thousand. |
\(0.5555=\frac{5555}{10000}\) | Both the numerator and denominator are divisible by 5 because both of them end in a 5 or a 0. |
\(\frac{5555}{10000}\div \frac{5}{5}=\frac{1111}{2000}\) | 1111 and 2000 have no common factors, so the fraction is simplified completely. |
And, of course, here is the next one, -0.124124124.
\(-0.124124124\) | This decimal extends to the billionth place, so set it over a billion. Just put the negative sign in front of the fraction. |
\(-0.124124124=-\frac{124124124}{1000000000}\) | Both the numerator and denominator's final 2 digits are divisible by 4, so the fraction can be simplified. |
\(-\frac{124124124}{1000000000}\div\frac{4}{4}=\frac{31031031}{250000000}\) | There are no more common factors. |
You are done now!