0.01 as a fraction

Fraction1/100lowest terms
Decimal0.01
Percent1%

How to get there

  1. 0.01 has 2 digits after the point, so it is that many hundredths: write the digits over 1001/100.
  2. 1 and 100 share no factor but 1, so 1/100 is already in lowest terms.
1 of 100 squares — 0.01 of the whole, which is also 1%.

As a measurement

Read as inches, 0.01″ is 0.254 mm exactly. The nearest marks on a rule:

RuleNearest markInchesmmDifference
16ths0″00−0.254 mm
32ths0″00−0.254 mm
64ths1/64″0.0156250.3969+0.1429 mm

Common questions

What is 0.01 as a fraction?
0.01 as a fraction is 1/100. The digits go over 100, and 1 and 100 share no common factor, so it is already in lowest terms.
What is 0.01 as a percentage?
0.01 is 1%. Multiplying a decimal by 100 moves the point two places to the right.
How many millimetres is 0.01 of an inch?
0.01 inches is 0.254 mm, using the exact definition 1 inch = 25.4 mm.

The same number, other ways

1/100Everything about the fraction: equivalents, the bar model, the number line.1%The same value as a percentage, with its own derivation.Decimal → fraction chartThe whole lookup table, printable.Nearest fractionMatch 0.01″ against any rule, with the exact error.
Where this comes from. Exact rational arithmetic on the values shown — fractions are pairs of integers until display, and inch–metric conversion uses 25.4 mm to the inch, exact by definition since 1959. See the full methodology.