What is 0.55 as a fraction?

0.55 as a fraction is 11/20. Write the digits over 100 to get 55/100, then divide top and bottom by 5.

What is 0.55 as a percentage?

0.55 is 55%. Multiplying a decimal by 100 moves the point two places to the right.

How many millimetres is 0.55 of an inch?

0.55 inches is 13.97 mm, using the exact definition 1 inch = 25.4 mm.

0.55 as a fraction

Fraction11/20lowest terms

Decimal0.55

Percent55%

How to get there

0.55 has 2 digits after the point, so it is that many hundredths: write the digits over 100 — 55/100.
55 and 100 share a greatest common divisor of 5. Divide both by it: 11/20.

55 of 100 squares — 0.55 of the whole, which is also 55%.

As a measurement

Read as inches, 0.55″ is 13.97 mm exactly. The nearest marks on a rule:

Rule	Nearest mark	Inches	mm	Difference
16ths	9/16″	0.5625	14.2875	+0.3175 mm
32ths	9/16″	0.5625	14.2875	+0.3175 mm
64ths	35/64″	0.546875	13.8906	−0.0794 mm

Common questions

What is 0.55 as a fraction?: 0.55 as a fraction is 11/20. Write the digits over 100 to get 55/100, then divide top and bottom by 5.
What is 0.55 as a percentage?: 0.55 is 55%. Multiplying a decimal by 100 moves the point two places to the right.
How many millimetres is 0.55 of an inch?: 0.55 inches is 13.97 mm, using the exact definition 1 inch = 25.4 mm.

The same number, other ways

11/20Everything about the fraction: equivalents, the bar model, the number line.55%The same value as a percentage, with its own derivation.Decimal → fraction chartThe whole lookup table, printable.Nearest fractionMatch 0.55″ 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.