What is 0.375 as a fraction in simplest form?

A fraction is a portion or section of any quantity out of a whole, where, the whole can be any number, a  specific value, or a thing.

Answer: 0.375 expressed as a fraction in simplest form is equal to 3 / 8.

Let's look into the solution in detail.

Explanation:

0.375 has three numbers after the decimal so, we will multiply and divide 0.375 by 1000.

Thus, (0.375 × 1000) / 1000 = 375 / 1000

We see that 375 / 1000 is not in the lowest form as the HCF (375,1000) = 125.

Thus, it is simplified further to 3/8 by dividing the numerator and denominator of 375 / 1000 by 125.

Hence, 0.375 expressed as a fraction in simplest form is equal to 3 / 8.