Relate Fractions to Decimals
6-12
Choose the equivalent decimal or fraction.
0 1. 1
7
00 a. 0.700 b.0.07 c.0.007 d.700.7
0 2. 13 1208 0 a. 13.28 b.13.028 c.13.0028 d.0.1328
0 3. 11000 ^90 a. 100.9 b.0.0109 c.0.109 d.109.001
0 4. 8.09 a. 8 b. 8 c. 8 d.
0 5. 12.37 a. 12100037 b. 123107 c. 11000237 d. 1210037
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100
9
1000
9
100
9
10
Fractions and mixed numbers with denominators that are powers of ten
can be renamed as decimals. The word names are the same.
170 0.7 3 1900 3.09 104 ,0^1 00 0.0041
1.7, , and 1 all have the same value.
They all name one and seven tenths.
To rename fractions and mixed numbers with denominators
that are powers of ten as decimals:
Read the given fraction. 1
8
00 eight hundredths
Determine the decimal place. hundredths: twodecimal places
Write an equivalent decimal. eight hundredths0.08
7
10
17
10
seven tenths three and nine hundredths forty-one ten thousandths
1 2
1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.8 1. 9 2.0
1101 1102 1103 1104 1105 1106 1107 1108 1109
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