Rename Decimals as Fractions
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Rename each decimal as a fraction or mixed number
in simplest form.
- 0.63 1
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00 2. 0.05
5
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0 3. 0.259 10
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00
- 0.750^75 ?^0 ? 4 5. 8.7 8 1? 0 6. 4.09 4 ^9 ?
- 2.627 2 10? 00 8. 5.500 5 10? 00 5 ? 2 9. 38.03 38 ??
Write 0.35 as a fraction in simplest form.
To rename a decimal as a fraction:
Read the given decimal. 0.35 thirty-five hundredths
Determine the denominator The denominator is 100.
of the fraction.
Write an equivalent fraction. thirty-five hundredths 1
3
0
5
0
Simplify if necessary. 130 ^50 1.^3050 .^55 270
So 0.35 270 .
Study this example.
Write 9.008 as a mixed number in simplest form.
9.008 nine and eight thousandths 9 10
8
00
10800 1125
So 9.008 9 1125 9 1125 .
8 8
1000 8
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