Convert the mixed repeating (recurring) decimal number 0.16. Turn it into a reduced (simplified) proper fraction and write it as a percentage. Equivalent fractions calculator

Convert 0.16 into equivalent fractions and write it as a percentage value

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

Rewrite / normalize the original number.

  • There is only one repeating decimal place:

  • 0.1666666 = 0.16


Approximate to the desired number of decimal places (14).

0.16 ≈ 0.16666666666667


Multiply the number by 100/100.

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

0.16666666666667 =

0.16666666666667 × 100/100 =

(0.16666666666667 × 100)/100 =

16.666666666667/100 =

16.666666666667% ≈

16.67%

(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, %
  • 0.16 ≈ 16.67%

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

  • 0.16 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 = 0.16


Set up the second equation.

  • Number of decimal places repeating: 1

  • Multiply both sides of the first equation by 101 = 10


y = 0.16

10 × y = 10 × 0.16

10 × y = 1.6

Get the same number of decimal places as for y:

10 × y = 1.66

Note: 1.66 = 1.6


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.

10 × y - y = 1.66 - 0.16 ⇒

(10 - 1) × y = 1.66 - 0.16 ⇒

We now have a new equation:

9 × y = 1.5


Solve for y in the new equation.

9 × y = 1.5 ⇒

y = 1.5/9

Let the result written as a fraction.



Now we can write the number as a fraction.

According to our first equation:

y = 0.16

According to our calculations:

y = 1.5/9

⇒ 0.16 = 1.5/9


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.

0.16 = (1.5 × 10)/(9 × 10)

0.16 = 15/90


3. Reduce (simplify) the fraction above:
15/90
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).

15 = 3 × 5

90 = 2 × 32 × 5


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

Multiply all the common prime factors by the lowest exponents.

GCF (3 × 5; 2 × 32 × 5) = 3 × 5


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Divide both the numerator and the denominator by their GCF.

15/90 =

(3 × 5)/(2 × 32 × 5) =

((3 × 5) ÷ (3 × 5)) / ((2 × 32 × 5) ÷ (3 × 5)) =

1/(2 × 3) =

1/6


1/6 ~ 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.

1/6 = (1 × 3)/(6 × 3) = 3/18

Example 2. By expanding the fraction by 4.

1/6 = (1 × 4)/(6 × 4) = 4/24

  • Of course, the above fractions are reducing...
  • ... to the initial fraction: 1/6

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:: Final answer ::
Written in 3 different ways

As a reduced (simplified) positive proper fraction:
0.16 = 1/6

As a percentage:
0.16 ≈ 16.67%

As equivalent fractions:
0.16 = 1/6 = 3/18 = 4/24

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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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