text: how to work out the value of fractions as a decimal? eg 3                       4      -                         -      5 = or                           25 =      - if you can divide into decimals try this.  divide 100 by the denominator  times it by the numerator  put a zero and decimal point before the first digit of the answer. remove all other decimals.  eg 1/4  100/4 = 25  add 0. in front gives you 0.25   3/5 take denominator 100/5 = 20  muliply by numerator = 3*20 = 60  add 0. gives 0.60  2/3  take denominator 100/3 = 33.33333333 multiply by numerator = 66.66666666 0. at the front and remove others = 0.666666666666666  it works with any fraction up to 10. after ten the 0. has to be replaced by 0.0 up to 100 etc.....