6th Grade Math Textbook, Fundamentals

Remember:

2 means 2 .

2.25 means 2 0.25.

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Write each fraction or mixed number as an equivalent decimal.

Identify the decimal as terminating orrepeating.

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Write each decimal as an equivalent fraction or mixed number.

7.1.25 8.0.875 9.1. 6 10. 3.09 11. 0.7 12. 4.45

13.Discuss and WriteWrite as a decimal. Is the decimal a rational number?

Explain why or why not.

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2  2 

2 

So 2  2 0.3752.375

0.125 125 thousandths

So 0.125 .

2.25 2 and 25 hundredths

2 0.25

2 

So 2.25  2  210025

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0375.

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To write a mixed numberas an

equivalent decimal:

Write the mixed number as the sum

of an integer and a fraction.

Divide to rename the fraction as

a decimal.

Add the integer to the decimal.

You can also write a terminating decimal

as an equivalent fraction.

When the decimal is less than1:

Read the decimal.

Use the place-value name to

determine the denominator.

When the decimal is greater than1:

Read the decimal.

Write the decimal as the sum of an

integer and a decimal.

Use the place-value name to

determine the denominator.

Write the sum as a mixed number.

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0.81

119 0.8181... 0.81

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Remember:Write a bar above the

decimal digits that repeat.

Write each fractional number as an equivalent decimal.