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Fractions and Decimals

Fractions and Decimals. A fraction is another way to write a division problem… So means 2 divided by 5. Therefore…. To change a decimal to a fraction you need to know place values… Change 0.72 to a fraction. Read the number. Seventy two hundredths. Write the fraction.

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Fractions and Decimals

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  1. Fractions and Decimals

  2. A fraction is another way to write a division problem… So means 2 divided by 5. Therefore…

  3. To change a decimal to a fraction you need to know place values… Change 0.72 to a fraction. Read the number. Seventy two hundredths Write the fraction. Simplify the fraction.

  4. Example #1: Change to a decimal.

  5. Example #2: Change to a decimal.

  6. Example #3 Change -0.85 to a fraction. That is read negative eighty five hundredths.

  7. Example #4 Change 0.275 to a fraction. That is read two hundred seventy five thousandths.

  8. Example #5 In the 2011 season, the Pittsburgh Pirates won 72 out of 162 games. What was the ratioof wins to the total games played? Write your answer as a fraction in simplest form and as a decimal. A ratio is a comparison of two numbers. A ratio is often written as a fraction. As a fraction: As a decimal: In the 2011 season, the Pittsburgh Pirates won , or 0., of their games.

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