Question

frank has a batting average of 0.255 what is the decimal expressed in a fraction in lowest terms

Answer 1

frank suck @ his avg.

Answer 2

the last digit 5 is in the thousandths place, so place the number over 1000 to get


\[\large \frac{255}{1000}\]


now reduce

Answer 3

can it reduce?

Answer 4

frank doesn't suck lmfao he hits 1/4 of the time he's up to bat .255 is well, not amazing

Answer 5

yes it can, what is the GCF of the two numbers?

Answer 6

yes just take .255 average and put it into fraction notation which is 255/1000

Answer 7

now reduce

Answer 8

oh yes it can 49/200

Answer 9

should be 51/200

Answer 10

wait no I messed up

Answer 11

Righto^

Answer 12

I meant to type that !!! hahah I wrote something else

Answer 13

to check if you have a graphing calculator you can type in .255 and hit the math key and pick the >Frac button... idk whether other calculators have that function and where it would be on them