What is 1.04 in a fraction in simplest form?

A good starting point in converting a decimal to a fraction is to multiply it by a power of ten such that there are no numbers left after the decimal place. In this case, we can multiply by 100 to give 104. Then put this 100 as the denominator and our starting point is 104/100. The next step is to identify any common divisors. In this case, both 104 and 100 can divide by 4 so we can simplify it to 26/25.

The answer should be 1 2/5 because 1 is the whole number. Then do 4 over ten and simplify to 2 over 5