The number on the left side of the decimal point is the whole number and the number on the right side of the decimal point represents the fraction.
Since there are two numbers to the right of the decimal point, we add two 0's to the fraction.
15 is the whole number and 16/100 is the fraction. So, now we have 15[tex] \frac{16}{100} [/tex]
We have to simplify [tex] \frac{16}{100} [/tex]
[tex] \frac{16}{100} [/tex] = divide both the numerator and denominator by 4.
Your simplified fraction will be [tex] \frac{4}{25} [/tex]
15 [tex] \frac{4}{25} [/tex]
