0.9 as a fraction

Fraction9/10lowest terms
Decimal0.9
Percent90%

How to get there

  1. 0.9 has 1 digit after the point, so it is that many tenths: write the digits over 109/10.
  2. 9 and 10 share no factor but 1, so 9/10 is already in lowest terms.
90 of 100 squares — 0.9 of the whole, which is also 90%.

As a measurement

Read as inches, 0.9″ is 22.86 mm exactly. The nearest marks on a rule:

RuleNearest markInchesmmDifference
16ths7/8″0.87522.225−0.635 mm
32ths29/32″0.9062523.0188+0.1588 mm
64ths29/32″0.9062523.0188+0.1588 mm

Common questions

What is 0.9 as a fraction?
0.9 as a fraction is 9/10. The digits go over 10, and 9 and 10 share no common factor, so it is already in lowest terms.
What is 0.9 as a percentage?
0.9 is 90%. Multiplying a decimal by 100 moves the point two places to the right.
How many millimetres is 0.9 of an inch?
0.9 inches is 22.86 mm, using the exact definition 1 inch = 25.4 mm.

The same number, other ways

9/10Everything about the fraction: equivalents, the bar model, the number line.90%The same value as a percentage, with its own derivation.Decimal → fraction chartThe whole lookup table, printable.Nearest fractionMatch 0.9″ 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.