To write decimals, which are greater than 1, as mixed numbers:
1) Keep the whole number part as same.
2) Write the decimal part as a fraction.
3) Combine the whole number part and fractional part to write the mixed number.
For example:
Consider the decimal 2.35.
It can be written in the place value chart as:
Ones | . | Tenths | Hundredths |
2 | . | 3 | 5 |
The whole number part is 2.
The decimal part is 35 hundredths.
Write 35 hundredths as a fraction.
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Now, simplify the fraction.
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Now, write the mixed number:
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The smallest number is the one that comes first while counting.
To arrange the given numbers in order from smallest to greatest, find the smallest number among all the given numbers.
21,27,23
21 is the smallest number.