# Showing previous answers as fractions not decimals?

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**Created:** [December 20, 2020, 9:43pm UTC](https://cl.desmos.com/t/showing-previous-answers-as-fractions-not-decimals/2250 "2020-12-20T21:43:09Z")\
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**Author:** ![Amy\_Hurley](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex031/user_avatar/cl.desmos.com/amy_hurley/32/1159_2.png) [@Amy\_Hurley](https://cl.desmos.com/u/Amy_Hurley)\
**Post date:** [December 20, 2020, 9:43pm UTC](https://cl.desmos.com/t/showing-previous-answers-as-fractions-not-decimals/2250/1 "2020-12-20T21:43:09Z")

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I’m working on an activity where students enter fractions into a table on screen 4  
(1/24, 1/12, 1/8, 3/24, 3/12, 3/8).

Later on Screen 9 I want to say here’s what you entered in screen 4, and it’s not showing as the fractions they entered but as decimals. (0.41666666666666664, 0.833333333333333, 0.125, 0.125, 0.25, 0.375).

How can I get them to show up in fraction form the way they were entered?

[https://teacher.desmos.com/activitybuilder/custom/5fdfb3bf8403f64b7cd8cfb1](https://teacher.desmos.com/activitybuilder/custom/5fdfb3bf8403f64b7cd8cfb1)

Thank you for any help you’ve got for me.

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**Author:** ![Daniel\_Grubbs](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex031/user_avatar/cl.desmos.com/daniel_grubbs/32/719_2.png) [@Daniel\_Grubbs](https://cl.desmos.com/u/Daniel_Grubbs)\
**Post date:** [December 21, 2020, 7:58am UTC](https://cl.desmos.com/t/showing-previous-answers-as-fractions-not-decimals/2250/2 "2020-12-21T07:58:24Z")

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If you’re trying to take the values from the table in Slide 4 and put them into the table on Slide 9, don’t use the graph numbers (that will always be a decimal). Instead use the cellContent( ).latex.

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**Author:** ![Amy\_Hurley](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex031/user_avatar/cl.desmos.com/amy_hurley/32/1159_2.png) [@Amy\_Hurley](https://cl.desmos.com/u/Amy_Hurley)\
**Post date:** [December 21, 2020, 12:13pm UTC](https://cl.desmos.com/t/showing-previous-answers-as-fractions-not-decimals/2250/3 "2020-12-21T12:13:05Z")

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Thank you so much!!!