Here is a table which gives the information about the total rainfall for several months compared to the average monthly rains of a town. Write each decimal in the form of a rational number p/q.
Month       Above/Below normal (in cm)
May             2.6924
June             0.6096
July              -6.9088
August        -8.636

Solution:

In order to convert from decimal to fraction,we need to whole numerator divided by 10 times 10 as many as the number of digits after decimal point

The lowest form can be written by divided it with its LCM

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NCERT Exemplar Class 8 Maths Chapter 1 Problem 149

Here is a table which gives the information about the total rainfall for several months compared to the average monthly rains of a town. Write each decimal in the form of rational number p/q. Month Above/Below normal (in cm) May 2.6924 June 0.6096 July -6.9088 August -8.636

Summary:

The given decimal numbers can be written in p/q form as below

Month Above/Below normal (in cm) p/q form

May 2.6924 6731/2500

June 0.6096 762/125

July - 6.9088 8636/125

August - 8.636 2159/250

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