Question

What is $ - 0.14$ as a fraction?

Answer 1

Hint: As we can see that the above number is a decimal number. The decimal numbers are the numbers that fall between integers and non integers. The dot between the numbers is called a decimal point. So we have to convert this number in the form of fraction i.e. in the form of $\dfrac{a}{b}$, where $a$ is the numerator and $b$ is the denominator.

Complete step by step solution:
Here we have the decimal number $ - 0.14$.
First we will remove the decimal point, it can be written as $ - \dfrac{{14}}{{100}}$. Now this is the fractional form of the above number. But we can convert it into the simplest form.
We can see that the common factor between the numerator and the denominator is $2$. So we will divide the numerator and denominator with $2$, so it gives us $ - \dfrac{{14 \div 2}}{{100 \div 2}} = - \dfrac{7}{{50}}$.
Hence, the required fraction $ - \dfrac{7}{{50}}$.

Note:
We should know that a fraction is said to be in lowest form when the numerator and the denominator have no common factors. Their only common factor is $1$. We should note that in the above question we have a negative fraction, we should not forget the $\left( - \right)$ sign i.e. negative sign as it will completely change the meaning of the fraction.