How do you approximate a fraction? - Answers

Approximating a fraction would depend upon how the fraction is expressed, which would either be in the form of one number divided by another number, or by a decimal. For example, one third is either one divided by three (1/3), or it is .3333333333333333 (etc.). In the latter case, you can decide how many decimal points you want to give, such as, one third is aproximately .333; there would be no point in approximating the 1/3 format of one third. But suppose the fraction was .3337; that is slightly larger than a third, but it could still be approximated as a third. Or, 100/301 which is slightly less than a third, could be approximated as a third.