Converting Decimals to Mixed Numbers

To write decimals, which are greater than 1, as mixed numbers:

1) Keep the whole number part as same.
2) Write the decimal part as a fraction.
3) Combine the whole number part and fractional part to write the mixed number.

 

For example:

Consider the decimal 2.35.

It can be written in the place value chart as:

 

The whole number part is 2.

 

The decimal part is 35 hundredths.

 

Write 35 hundredths as a fraction.

 

Now, simplify the fraction.

35 100

=

35 ÷ 5 100 ÷ 5

=

7 20

 

Now, write the mixed number:

2

7 20