Objective - To convert fractions, decimals and mixed numbers.
1 0.25
Verbal Form Fraction Form Decimal Form
One-fourth 4
11
51.2One and one-fifth
Converting Fractions to Decimals
Fraction Decimal18
means 1÷ 8
8 1.0000 1
820
2 50.125
16
40400
0.33
Repeating DecimalsFraction Decimal
13
means 1 3÷
3 1.0000 3
910
3
9
3...0.3
1091
Every fraction either terminates or repeats when written as a decimal.
0.272
0.272
Repeating DecimalsFraction Decimal
311
means 3 ÷ 11
11 3.000000 2
2280
7
77
2 ... 7 2
3 0 22
80 77 30 22 8
0.27
0.166
0.16
Repeating DecimalsFraction Decimal
16
means 1÷ 6 6 1.000
0 1
6 40
6
36
6 ...
40 36 4
0.16
Approximating a Fraction by a DecimalFraction Decimal
17
means 1÷ 7
7 1.00000 1
730
4
28
2 ... 80.143≈
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Lesson 3-5
Math 6 Slide Show: Teaching Made Easy As Pi, by Mike Mills and James Wenk © 2011
Converting Decimals to Fractions
Decimal Fraction
2.3
Just read it correctly!
Two and three-tenths 3210
14 2 7 0.14
2.04
Fourteen hundredths
Two and four-hundredths
14100
2÷2÷
750=
421004÷4÷
12 25=
Complete the table.Fraction Decimal
25
0.11
0.4
11100
320
2.3
338
0.15
3210
3.375
Lesson 3-5 (cont.)
Math 6 Slide Show: Teaching Made Easy As Pi, by Mike Mills and James Wenk © 2011
