What is .33333 as a fraction?

Fractions are used to represent a part of a whole.

Answer: 0.33333 as a fraction is 1/3.

Let us proceed to evaluate 0.33333 as a fraction.

Explanation:

We can follow the steps mentioned below to write 0.33333 as a fraction.

Step 1: Determine the number of digits after the decimal point in the decimal number. Here, there are 5 digits after the decimal point.

Step 2: Remove the decimal point and divide the number by the power of 10 which is equal to the number of digits after the decimal point. So, here we will divide 33333 by 10⁵.

Step 3: Express the fraction in simplified form.

Since the HCF of both numerator and denominator is 1, Therefore 0.33333 as a fraction is,

0.33333 = 33333/100000 ≈ 1/3

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So, 0.33333 as a fraction is 1/3.