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Example Question #21 : How To Find The Decimal Equivalent Of A Fraction
Write as a decimal.
Divide 25 by 16:
Example Question #22 : How To Find The Decimal Equivalent Of A Fraction
Write 3.25 as an improper fraction in lowest terms.
This is three hundred twenty-five one-hundredths; write this as a fraction, then simplify:
Example Question #423 : Numbers And Operations
At Creek High School 95% of the students buy their lunch from the snack bar, 4% of the students bring their own lunch and 1% of the students do not eat lunch at school. What is the percent of students who bring their lunch written as a decimal?
None of the other answers
Every percent is a ratio of a number to 100 and this ratio can be written in fraction form.
In this case, 4% would be the same as
(The percent sign is a hidden denominator of 100)
Using place-value knowledge, the reading of the fraction gives the decimal number format.
is read as "four hundredths" which gives the place for the 4 in the decimal number (namely the hundredths place).
0 - there are no ones
0.0 - there are no tenths
0.04 - there are 4 hundredths
The correct answer is
(read "four hundredths")
Example Question #23 : How To Find The Decimal Equivalent Of A Fraction
Find the decimal equivalent for:
To quickly find the decimal equivalent, divide the numerator by the denominator:
Example Question #425 : Numbers And Operations
To create a fraction:
So the answer is:
Example Question #24 : How To Find The Decimal Equivalent Of A Fraction
Which of the following is equal to ?
0.25
0.5
0.0625
0.125
Example Question #25 : How To Find The Decimal Equivalent Of A Fraction
Convert 0.15 into a simplified fraction.
Example Question #26 : How To Find The Decimal Equivalent Of A Fraction
Write as a decimal:
To turn a fraction into a decimal, divide the numerator by the denominator.
Example Question #428 : Numbers And Operations
What is the decimal equivalent of ?
0.625
0.58
0.50
0.125
0.625
To find the decimal equivalent of a fraction, you must divide the numerator by the denominator. In this case, 5 divided by 8 is 0.625.
Example Question #27 : How To Find The Decimal Equivalent Of A Fraction
Express the mixed number as a decimal.
In the mixed number , four is a whole number, and can be represented as
.
In order to convert a fraction to a decimal, one must divide the numerator, or the top number, by the denominator, or bottom number.
Therefore, the mixed number can be represented as
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