Fractional Conversions

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Fractional Conversions

• Decimal ?? Fraction

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Fraction to Decimal

• The fraction bar means divide.
• 3/8 says "three divided by eight."
• Divide the 3 by the 8

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Example

• Change to a decimal
• Save the whole number 5
• Work only with the ¾.
• Divide 3 by 4.
• Then put the five back in position. 5.75.

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Decimal to Fraction

• Read the number
• Write it as a fraction
• Reduce.

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Example

• Change 0.25 to a fraction.
• 0.25 is read twenty five hundredths.
• 25/100 1/4

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Example

• 3.45
• Save the 3.
• Read .45 as forty-five hundredths.
• Write .
• Reduce to .
• The result is 3 9/20.