Equivalent Fractions And Decimals (See Lesson 9-8 For Help.)
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2VA SOL Practice
5.2.a
The student will recognize and name fractions in their equivalent decimal form and
vice versa.
Equivalent Fractions and Decimals
(See Lesson 9-8 for help.)
Fractions and decimals can be used to represent the same value.
Examples:
A decimal can be written as a fraction with a denominator that is a multiple of 10.
Write 0.9 and 0.44 as fractions in simplest form.
9 __
44
11
___
__
0.9
nine tenths
0.44
44 hundredths
or
10
100
25
To write a fraction as a decimal, you can find an equivalent fraction with a
denominator that is a multiple of 10. You can also divide the numerator by the
denominator.
2 _
Write
as a decimal.
0.4
5
5 2.0
2 _ _
2 _ _
4 __
2 _ _
0.4
2
5
0.4
5
2
10
5
2 0
0
Write each decimal as a fraction in simplest form and each fraction as a decimal.
1 _
3 __
1.
2. 0.75
3. 0.45
4.
4
10
7 __
1 _
5. 0.8
6.
7.
8. 0.25
10
5
3 _
4 _
9. 0.5
10. 0.1
11.
12.
4
5
1 _
3 _
13.
14. 0.6
15. 0.24
16.
2
5
17. Which is NOT equal to the others?
18. Emma made 3 out of 5 baskets
playing basketball. Which decimal
3 _
1 _
A
C
2
5
shows 3 out of 5?
2 _
B
D 0.5
4
A 0.06
C 0.5
B 0.3
D 0.6
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