can repeating decimals be written as fractions
To change a terminating decimal to a fraction use place value. For example: In the decimal .75 the 5 is in the hundredths place so we put which can be reduced to. In the decimal .2 the 2 is in the tenths place so we put which can be reduced to. Changing a repeating decimal to a fraction is a bit trickier. Look at the following fractions and their equivalent repeating decimals. = 0.5555.