Do you write 0.05 as fraction 0.05/100 and simplify as 1/20

not quite, should have been:

.05 = 5/100 = 1/20

To write 0.05 as a fraction, we can simply place it over 1. So, 0.05 can be written as 0.05/1.

Next, to convert it into a fraction with a whole number in the numerator, we need to move the decimal point two places to the right. Doing this, we get 5/100.

Since both the numerator and the denominator share a common factor of 5, we can simplify the fraction. Dividing both the numerator and denominator by 5, we get 1/20.

Therefore, 0.05 can be written as the simplified fraction 1/20.