Since there are 3 digits in 375, the very last digit is the "1000th" decimal place.
So we can just say that .375 is the same as 375/1000.
The fraction is not reduced to lowest terms. We can reduce this fraction to lowest terms by dividing both the numerator and denominator by 125.
Why divide by 125?
- 125 is the Greatest Common Divisor or Greatest Common Factor of the numbers 375 and 1000.
So, this fraction reduced to lowest terms is 3/8 .
So your final answer is : .375 can be written as the fraction 3/8
