What is 0.5 as a fraction?

0.5 as a fraction in simplest form is written as 1/2

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Calculate 0.5 as a fraction

To convert 0.5 into a fraction, here are the steps.

Any number can be written as a fraction by using 1 as the denominator. So, we converted 0.375 into a fraction with a denominator of 1.

0.5 =
0.5/1

Then, we removed the decimal part from the numerator to make it a whole number. Since 0.375 has 1 digits after the decimal point, we need to multiply both the numerator and the denominator by 10.

0.5 × 10/1 × 10
=
5/10

The next step is to make this fraction simpler because the biggest common factor (BCF) of 5 and 10 is 5. So, to simplify the fraction, we have to divide both the top and bottom numbers by 5.

5 ÷ 5/10 ÷ 5
=
1/2

That's it! The simplest form of 0.5 as a fraction is 1/2.

See Also: 1/2 as a decimal

Examples of decimal to fraction calculations