Question

how to turn 2.96 into a mixed number

Answer 1

First, isolate the decimal. second, put it over the correct denominator based on the decimal place:   96/100.  Next, divide by a number that goes into both 96 and 100. 4 works.... 24/25. And that is your answer, after you add the original 2 back: 2 $\frac{24}{25}$

Answer 2

If you convert 2.96 into a mixed number, put it in fraction form like this

 2.96 = 296/100

If you simplify you now have 148/50

Then you simplify again and you get 74/25

Now turn that into a mixed fraction and you'll get 2 24/25