2.8
What is the whole number?
Yes, it is 2. So 2 is our whole number in the fraction.
What is after the decimal point? On what place does it corresponds?
Yes, it is 8. And it is on the tenths place. So 8/10 is our fraction.
2 and 8/10 is 2.8 as a fraction.
Simplifying as a improper fraction:
10 * 2 + 8 = 28/10
Simplifying through lowest term:
2 8/10 = 2 4/5