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What is the value of 2.5 as a fraction?

What is 2.5 as a fraction?

Answer: 2.5 as a fraction is 5/2.

 

Solution:

Step 1: To start with the solution, first we will write the number in the x/y format.

We can write 2.5 as 2.5/1. As there is a decimal value, so we will now multiply and divide the number by 10.

Step 2: The number will be written as 25/10.

By using the HCF method, we will now solve it to get the faraction of 2.5.

The highest common factor in both the numbers 25 and 10 is 5. Thus, we will divide the upper and lower number by (25/5)/(10/5). The result obtain will be 5/2.

Fraction of 2.5 is 5/2.

 

 

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