Express 2.98 as a mixed number

A mixed number is (a whole number) plus (a fraction).

The whole number is no problem. It's ' 2 '.

But how to get a fraction from. 98?

The easiest way I know to explain it is: Read it out loud, and

write down what you hear yourself saying.

When you read '.98 ' out loud, you should say

"ninety-eight hundredths".

Write that down: 98/100. There's your fraction.

It looks a little bit neater if you simplify it ... divide

the top and bottom by 2, and then you have 49/50.

So 2.98 is the same as the mixed number (2 and 49/50).