How do you express 4.2344.234 as a fraction?

1 Answer
Nov 23, 2017

4.234 = 2117/5004.234=2117500

Explanation:

Since this is a terminating decimal, we can express it with a denominator 10^n10n where nn is the number of decimal places.

4.234 = 4234/1000 = (2117 * color(red)(cancel(color(black)(2))))/(500 * color(red)(cancel(color(black)(2)))) = 2117/500