6th Grade Math Textbook, Progress

Rename Decimals as Fractions

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Rename each decimal as a fraction or mixed number in simplest form.

0.63 1
?
00 2. 0.05

5 ? 2

? 0 3. 0.259 10

? 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

0.0 0.05 0.1 0.15 0.2 0.25 0.3 0.35 0.4 0.45 0.5

1 20

0 20

2 20

7 20

4 20

5 20

6 20

3 20

8 20

9 20

10 20

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