What is -3.15 converted to a fraction? The answer should be given in simplest form.

Answer 1

To convert -3.15 to a fraction, we need to consider that the decimal part is 0.15.

First, we write the decimal part as the numerator and 1 as the denominator: 0.15/1.

To simplify the fraction, we multiply both the numerator and denominator by 100 (since there are two decimal places in 0.15) to eliminate the decimal: (0.15 × 100)/(1 × 100) = 15/100.

Then, we can simplify the fraction by dividing both the numerator and denominator by their greatest common divisor, which is 5: (15 ÷ 5)/(100 ÷ 5) = 3/20.

Therefore, -3.15 as a fraction in simplest form is -3/20.