Convert the mixed repeating (recurring) decimal number 0.004. Turn it into a reduced (simplified) proper fraction and write it as a percentage. Equivalent fractions calculator

Convert 0.004 into equivalent fractions and write it as a percentage value

1. Write the mixed repeating (recurring) decimal number as a percentage.

Approximate to the desired number of decimal places.

0.004 ≈ 0.0040404040404


Multiply the number by 100/100.

  • The value of the number does not change when multiplying by 100/100.
  • Note: 100/100 = 1

0.0040404040404 =

0.0040404040404 × 100/100 =

(0.0040404040404 × 100)/100 =

0.40404040404/100 =

0.40404040404% ≈

0.4%

(rounded off to max. 2 decimal places)


  • In other words:
  • Approximate to the desired number of decimal places...
  • Multiply the number by 100...
  • ... And then add the percent sign, %
  • 0.004 ≈ 0.4%

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2. Write the mixed repeating (recurring) decimal number as a proper fraction.

  • 0.004 can be written as a proper fraction.

  • The numerator is smaller than the denominator.

Set up the first equation.

  • Let y equal the decimal number:

  • y = 0.004


Set up the second equation.

  • Number of decimal places repeating: 2

  • Multiply both sides of the first equation by 102 = 100


y = 0.004

100 × y = 100 × 0.004

100 × y = 0.404


Subtract the first equation from the second one.

  • Having the same number of decimal places ...
  • The repeating pattern drops off by subtracting the two equations.

100 × y - y = 0.404 - 0.004 ⇒

(100 - 1) × y = 0.404 - 0.004 ⇒

We now have a new equation:

99 × y = 0.4


Solve for y in the new equation.

99 × y = 0.4 ⇒

y = 0.4/99

Let the result written as a fraction.



Now we can write the number as a fraction.

According to our first equation:

y = 0.004

According to our calculations:

y = 0.4/99

⇒ 0.004 = 0.4/99


Get rid of the decimal places in the fraction above.

  • Multiply the top and the bottom number by 10.
  • 1 followed by as many 0-s as the number of digits after the decimal point.

0.004 = (0.4 × 10)/(99 × 10)

0.004 = 4/990


3. Reduce (simplify) the fraction above:
4/990
to the lowest terms, to its simplest equivalent form, irreducible.

To reduce a fraction to the lowest terms divide the numerator and denominator by their greatest (highest) common factor (divisor), GCF.


Factor the numerator and denominator (prime factorization).

4 = 22

990 = 2 × 32 × 5 × 11


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Calculate the greatest (highest) common factor (divisor), GCF.

Multiply all the common prime factors by the lowest exponents.

GCF (22; 2 × 32 × 5 × 11) = 2


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Divide both the numerator and the denominator by their GCF.

4/990 =

22/(2 × 32 × 5 × 11) =

(22 ÷ 2) / ((2 × 32 × 5 × 11) ÷ 2) =

2/(32 × 5 × 11) =

2/495


2/495 ~ Equivalent fractions.

  • The above fraction cannot be reduced.
  • That is, it has the smallest possible numerator and denominator.

  • By expanding it we can build up equivalent fractions.

  • Multiply the numerator & the denominator by the same number.


Example 1. By expanding the fraction by 3.

2/495 = (2 × 3)/(495 × 3) = 6/1,485

Example 2. By expanding the fraction by 4.

2/495 = (2 × 4)/(495 × 4) = 8/1,980

  • Of course, the above fractions are reducing...
  • ... to the initial fraction: 2/495

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:: Final answer ::
Written in 3 different ways

As a reduced (simplified) positive proper fraction:
0.004 = 2/495

As a percentage:
0.004 ≈ 0.4%

As equivalent fractions:
0.004 = 2/495 = 6/1,485 = 8/1,980

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Learn how to turn a decimal number into a fraction and a percentage. Steps.

1. How to write the number as a percentage:

  • Multiply the number by 100. Then add the percent sign, %.

2. How to write the number as a fraction:

  • Write down the number divided by 1, as a fraction.
  • Turn the top number into a whole number: multiply both the top and the bottom by the same number.
  • Reduce (simplify) the above fraction to the lowest terms, to its simplest equivalent form, irreducible. To reduce a fraction divide the numerator and the denominator by their greatest (highest) common factor (divisor), GCF.
  • If the fraction is an improper one, rewrite it as a mixed number (mixed fraction).
  • Calculate equivalent fractions. By expanding it we can build up equivalent fractions: multiply the numerator & the denominator by the same number.

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