What is the fraction of -3.25?

Answer 1

To convert a decimal into a fraction, the easiest first step is to multiply it by 10 until there are no remaining numbers to the right of the decimal point. In this case, we can multiply by 100. Put that as the denominator and we have -325/100

This can be simplified as both top and bottom can divide by 5. Do this, and we get -65/20. We can still divide by 5, so do this again and we get -13/4. This is the simplest the number will get in fraction form, but it is a vulgar, or top heavy fraction. To convert into a mixed number we need to subtract 4 from the numerator until it is less than the denominator. We can do this 4 times to get -1/4. We subtracted 4 units, so display this alongside the fraction, and the answer as a mixed number is negative 3 and 1/4