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ISEE Lower Level Quantitative : How to find the decimal equivalent of a fraction

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Example Question #11 : How To Find The Decimal Equivalent Of A Fraction

What is the decimal equivalent of $\frac{9}{10}?$ ?

Possible Answers:

0.9

Correct answer:

0.9

Explanation:

To find the decimal equivalent, divide the numerator by denominator. Divide 9 by 10. Your result is 0.9.

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Example Question #12 : How To Find The Decimal Equivalent Of A Fraction

Write $\frac{3}{8}$ as a decimal.

Possible Answers:

0.22

0.3

0.375

0.38

0.4

Correct answer:

0.375

Explanation:

Divide 3 by 8 as follows:

Division

The quotient, and decimal equivalent, is 0.375.

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Example Question #13 : How To Find The Decimal Equivalent Of A Fraction

Write $\frac{8}{3}$ as a decimal.

Possible Answers:

2.6

2.3

$2.\overline{3}$

2.7

$2.\overline{6}$

Correct answer:

$2.\overline{6}$

Explanation:

Divide 8 by 3 as follows:

Division

It can be seen that the digit "6" repeats forever. Therefore, the quotient, and the decimal equivalent, is $2.\overline{6}$ .

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Example Question #14 : How To Find The Decimal Equivalent Of A Fraction

Write $\frac{12}{5 }$ as a decimal.

Possible Answers:

2.2

2.5

2.4

1.4

1.2

Correct answer:

2.4

Explanation:

Divide 12 by 5 as follows:

Division

2.4 is the quotient, and the decimal equivalent.

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Example Question #15 : How To Find The Decimal Equivalent Of A Fraction

Write 0.37 as a fraction in simplest form.

Possible Answers:

$\frac{2}{5}$

$\frac{3}{11}$

$\frac{1}{3}$

$\frac{37}{100}$

$\frac{37}{1,000}$

Correct answer:

$\frac{37}{100}$

Explanation:

The expression means "thirty-seven hundredths", so write

$\frac{37}{100}$ .

Since 37 and 100 have a greatest common factor of 1, the fraction cannot be simplified further.

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Example Question #16 : How To Find The Decimal Equivalent Of A Fraction

Which of the following can fill in the blank to make the sentence below true?

is ____ $\frac{3}{4}$ .

Possible Answers:

more than

twice the value of

less than

equal to

Correct answer:

less than

Explanation:

is less than $\frac{3}{4}$ . Specifically, .25 is one third of $\frac{3}{4}$ . Therefore, the correct answer is "less than."

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Example Question #17 : How To Find The Decimal Equivalent Of A Fraction

Write $\frac{7}{25}$ as a decimal.

Possible Answers:

0.32

0.24

0.28

0.35

Correct answer:

0.28

Explanation:

Divide 7 by 25 as follows:

Division

$\frac{7}{25} = 0.28$

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Example Question #18 : How To Find The Decimal Equivalent Of A Fraction

Write 0.72 as a fraction in lowest terms.

Possible Answers:

$\frac{17}{25}$

$\frac{18}{25}$

$\frac{19}{25}$

$\frac{16}{25}$

Correct answer:

$\frac{18}{25}$

Explanation:

The expression means "seventy-two one hundredths", so we initially write

$\frac{72}{100}$

The greatest common factor of the numerator and the denominator is equal to 4, so reduce as follows:

$\frac{72}{100}= \frac{72\div 4}{100\div 4} = \frac{18}{25}$

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Example Question #19 : How To Find The Decimal Equivalent Of A Fraction

How can the number be written in words?

Possible Answers:

Eight thousandths

Eight ten thousandths

Eight thousands

Eight hendredths

Correct answer:

Eight thousandths

Explanation:

Given that is equal to one tenth, is equal to one hundredth, and is equal to one thousandth, it follows that is equal to eight thousandths.

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Example Question #20 : How To Find The Decimal Equivalent Of A Fraction

Write $\small .375$ as a fraction in simplest form.

Possible Answers:

$\small \frac{3}{8}$

$\small \frac{25}{70}$

$\small \frac{75}{200}$

$\small \frac{375}{1000}$

$\small \frac{5}{8}$

Correct answer:

$\small \frac{3}{8}$

Explanation:

In order to write $\small .375$ as a fraction in the most simple form, we must first write it as a fraction.

$\small \frac{375}{1000}$

Now we must divide the numerator and denominator by the greatest common factor, which in this case is $\small 125$ .

$\small \frac{(375/125)}{(1000/125)}=\frac{3}{8}$

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ISEE Lower Level Quantitative : How to find the decimal equivalent of a fraction

Study concepts, example questions & explanations for ISEE Lower Level Quantitative

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