SSAT Middle Level Math : How to find the decimal equivalent of a fraction

Study concepts, example questions & explanations for SSAT Middle Level Math

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Example Questions

Example Question #101 : Use Decimal Notation For Fractions With Denominators 10 Or 100: Ccss.Math.Content.4.Nf.C.6

What decimal is equivalent to 

 

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Correct answer:

Explanation:

 is twenty-eight hundredths. 

 is twenty-eight hundredths. When we say a decimal, we say the number and add the place-value of the last digit. 

Example Question #102 : Use Decimal Notation For Fractions With Denominators 10 Or 100: Ccss.Math.Content.4.Nf.C.6

What decimal is equivalent to 

 

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Correct answer:

Explanation:

 is thirty-three hundredths. 

 is thirty-three hundredths. When we say a decimal, we say the number and add the place-value of the last digit. 

Example Question #31 : How To Find The Decimal Equivalent Of A Fraction

What decimal is equivalent to  

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Correct answer:

Explanation:

 is forty-one hundredths. 

 is forty-one hundredths. When we say a decimal, we say the number and add the place-value of the last digit. 

Example Question #1335 : Numbers And Operations

What is the decimal equivalent to the following fraction? 

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Correct answer:

Explanation:

When solving for a decimal from a fraction, you have two options. You can either do long division, and divide it out. How many times does 25 go into 21? Or the second option is setting the denominator as 100.

In this case, 25 goes into 100 evenly. 

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If the denominator is 100, then the numerator is the number after the decimal point. 

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Example Question #1995 : Ssat Middle Level Quantitative (Math)

Write 0.74 as a fraction in lowest terms.

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Correct answer:

Explanation:

This decimal has its last nonzero digit in the hundredths place; this number is equal to "seventy-four one-hundredths". As a fraction, this is

This is not in lowest terms, since .

Reduce:

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