Mercury Orbits the sun in 87 24/25 earth days. Venus Orbits the sun in 224 7/10 Earth days, and Mars Orbits the sun in 686 49/50 days. Write each mixed number as a decimal.

Mercury: 87 24/25

Venus 224 7/10

Mars 686 49/50

All we need to do is to convert fractions so they have a denominator of 10, 100, 1000 etc.

87 24/25 = 87 96/100

224 7/10 stays the same

686 49/50 = 686 98/100

Now we can easily convert them into decimals:

Mercury: 87.96

Venus: 224.7

Mars: 686.98