0.16 as a fraction

Fraction4/25lowest terms
Decimal0.16
Percent16%

How to get there

  1. 0.16 has 2 digits after the point, so it is that many hundredths: write the digits over 10016/100.
  2. 16 and 100 share a greatest common divisor of 4. Divide both by it: 4/25.
16 of 100 squares — 0.16 of the whole, which is also 16%.

As a measurement

Read as inches, 0.16″ is 4.064 mm exactly. The nearest marks on a rule:

RuleNearest markInchesmmDifference
16ths3/16″0.18754.7625+0.6985 mm
32ths5/32″0.156253.9688−0.0953 mm
64ths5/32″0.156253.9688−0.0953 mm

Common questions

What is 0.16 as a fraction?
0.16 as a fraction is 4/25. Write the digits over 100 to get 16/100, then divide top and bottom by 4.
What is 0.16 as a percentage?
0.16 is 16%. Multiplying a decimal by 100 moves the point two places to the right.
How many millimetres is 0.16 of an inch?
0.16 inches is 4.064 mm, using the exact definition 1 inch = 25.4 mm.

The same number, other ways

4/25Everything about the fraction: equivalents, the bar model, the number line.16%The same value as a percentage, with its own derivation.Decimal → fraction chartThe whole lookup table, printable.Nearest fractionMatch 0.16″ 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.