How can you put .1875 into a fraction in lowest terms?
The answer to converting decimals to fractions is to restate the decimal as a fraction and then reduce to the smallest number by diving the upper line of the fraction and the lower line by the same number until the lowest fraction is reached..the LCD or lowest common denominator. For .1875 the process isas follows .1875 can be rewrittten as 1875/10000. Dividing the top and lower line of the fraction by 5 gives 375/2000. Repeating this process gives you 75/400. Keep repeating and finally you will reach the point where neither number can be divided by a common number. The fianl answer is 3/16. This sounds very complicated when written this way but really it is very simple and logical. I hope it helps.
