 changing a decimal to a fraction to change a decimal to a fraction you must know how to read a decimal number correctly point two three is this twenty three hundredths so this decimal is read twenty three hundredths to write this number as a fraction put the number twenty three in the numerator then place the number representing the place value of the decimal in the denominator point zero seven five is read as seventy five thousand as a fraction it becomes seventy five over one thousand you should then reduce your fraction to lowest terms so seventy five over one thousand equals three over forty two point two three five one is read as two and two thousand three hundred fifty one ten thousands because this is a mixed decimal it has a whole number and a decimal as a fraction it will also be a mixed number the decimal point separates the whole number from what will be the fraction to be sure you have the correct number in the denominator count the number of decimal places in your original number you should have the same number of zeros in the denominator that you have decimal places in your original number you can always do this quick visual check to be sure that you are starting with the right fraction here are a few more examples when changing a decimal to a fraction there are important points to remember one any number to the left of the decimal point is a whole number in the fraction two write the number to the right of your decimal point as the numerator of your fraction three the denominator is the number that represents the place value of your decimal four do a visual check to be sure your fraction is correct in five reduce if possible now you try it point two zero five point two zero five equals two hundred and five over one thousand which can be reduced to forty one over two hundred here are a few more practice exercises you can pause the video while you think about these and we'll show you the correct answers in a moment this completes this learning object changing a decimal to a fraction