Let x equal your repeating decimal. Call this equation x = 1.273 Multiply both sides of your previous expressions by 100. Call this equation 100x = 127.273 Subtract 1 from both sides of the equation to get 99x = 126. Divide both sides of the equation by 99 to get 126/99. 126/99 reduced is to its lowest terms is 1 and 3/11.