How do you convert 0.51 as a fraction?

Answer 1

#51/100#

Consider the following integers, all with decimals.

#36.7rarr# this is written as #36# and #7# tenths, or #36frac7(10#.

#8.13rarr# this is #8# and #13# hundredths, or #8frac13(100#.

#0.999rarr# this is #999# thousandths, or #999/1000#.

Depending on how many digits come to the right of the decimal point, there is a power of ten which serves as the denominator when the decimal is written in fraction form.

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Notice that the number of digits after the decimal point is equivalent to the number of zeros in the denominator of the fraction.

In your example, there are two digits after the decimal point, #5# and #1#. Therefore, the denominator will be #100#, leaving us with a fraction of #51/100#.

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Answer 2

Ethan Adkins

To convert 0.51 to a fraction, it can be expressed as 51/100.

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Answer from HIX Tutor

When evaluating a one-sided limit, you need to be careful when a quantity is approaching zero since its sign is different depending on which way it is approaching zero from. Let us look at some examples.