Convert 5.5 into a FRACTION

Friday, September 5, 2025

 


The video explains how to convert 5.5 (five and five-tenths) into a fraction:

Start with 5.5 over 1.

Move the decimal one place to the right by multiplying both numerator and denominator by 10, resulting in 55/10.

Simplify the fraction:

Divide both 55 and 10 by 511/2.

Convert to a mixed number:

2 goes into 11 five times with a remainder of 1 → 5 and 1/2.

Final Answer:

As a fraction: 11/2

As a mixed number: 5 and 1/2


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