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Mrs. Planavsky 4 th grade. Relate Fractions and Decimals. Why Learn This?. You can use fractions or decimals to name an amount less than 1, such as the time in minutes it takes a sprinter to run the 100-yard dash. Objective for today: To learn to read and write fraction and decimal parts.
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Mrs. Planavsky 4th grade Relate Fractions and Decimals
Why Learn This? • You can use fractions or decimals to name an amount less than 1, such as the time in minutes it takes a sprinter to run the 100-yard dash. • Objective for today: To learn to read and write fraction and decimal parts
Vocabulary • A decimal is a number with one or more digits to the right of the decimal point.
Let’s review decimals! Hundredths Ten-thousandths tenths 0.12345 Hundred-thousandths Thousandths
Gina had 6 hits out of 10 tries at bat Fraction • Write: • Read: six tenths
Gina had 6 hits out of 10 tries at bat Decimal • Write: 0.6 • Read: six tenths
So, you can show this three different ways! • Model: • Fraction: • Decimal: 0.6
So, you can show this three different ways! • Model: • Fraction: • Decimal: 0.14
Write the decimals and fractions on the number line. 0.6 0.7 0.5 0.4 0 0.2 0.3 0.1
Write the decimals and fractions on the number line. 0.6 0.7 0.4 0 0.3 0.1
Write each fraction as a decimal. • 0.8 • 0.7 • 0.60
You can use a calculator to help you change a fraction into a decimal! • Type in 8 ÷ 10 • What do you see? • 0.8
Let’s try it again! • What will you type in? • 3 ÷ 5 • What do you see? • 0.6 • Your fraction bar can represent a division symbol! • Cool right?!
Write each fraction as a decimal. • 0.25 • 0.04 • 0.32
Write each fraction as a decimal. • 0.2 or 0.20 • 0.5 or 0.50 • 0.8 or 0.80
What are the three ways to show a fraction or decimal? • Model • Fraction • Decimal
You can also write the way that you would read the decimal. • 0.2 • You can write: two tenths • 0.6 • You can write: six tenths • 0.70 • What would you write? • Seventy hundredths • Don’t forget to add “-ths” to the end of the word when talking about decimal place value.