How do you write 0.019 as a fraction?

Question

How do you write 0.019 as a fraction?

Answer 1

The first digit after the decimal is the tenths place, then the hundredths, then the thousandths. It's reverse of the other direction, but there is no oneths place.

 

0.019 = 19/1000

 

One way to remember is that dividing by multiples of 10 moves the decimal left as many times as there are zeroes.

 

19/10 = 1.9

 

19/100 = 0.19

 

19/1000 = 0.019

 

19/10,000 = 0.0019

 

and so on

Answer 2

Decimals have place values:

• One decimal place = 1/10
• Two decimal places = 1/100
• Three decimal places = 1/1000

 

So 0.019 = 19/1000