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Example Question #1 : How To Find The Decimal Equivalent Of A Fraction
In the number 1,063.8042, what place value is the 2 in?
ones
tenths
hundredths
thousandths
ten thousandths
ten thousandths
From left to right, let's begin with the numbers coming after (or to the right of) the decimal point.
.8042
8 is in the tenths place
0 is in the hundredths place
4 is in the thousandths place
2 is in the ten thousandths place
Example Question #2 : How To Find The Decimal Equivalent Of A Fraction
What is 75% written as a fraction?
Let's rewrite 75% as a fraction.
All percents are written out of 100.
So 75% is
75/100.
This fraction can be simplified.
If we divide both the numerator and denominator by 25,
75 ÷ 25 = 3
100 ÷ 25 = 4
Our simplified fraction will be written as
Example Question #3 : How To Find The Decimal Equivalent Of A Fraction
In the number, 24,977.68001, what place is the 8 in?
ten thousandths
hundredths
millionths
tenths
thousandths
hundredths
As you move away from the decimal point, the places grow from tenths on. Since the 8 is 2 places away from the decimal point, it is the hundredths.
Example Question #2 : How To Find The Decimal Equivalent Of A Fraction
Convert the fraction into a percent, rounded to the nearest whole number.
1.6%
13%
62%
63%
16%
63%
Divide
Move the decimal two places to the right, 62.5%, then round up to the nearest whole number 63%.
Example Question #1 : How To Find The Decimal Equivalent Of A Fraction
Janie has a bag full of red, blue, orange, white, and green marbles. There are 5 of each color marble in the bag.
Janie removes all 5 green marbles and all 5 red marbles, then adds 2 blue, 2 orange and 9 white marbles. What percentage of blue marbles are there now?
The adding and taking away leaves Janie with 7 blue marbles, 7 orange marbles and 14 white, and now 28 total marbles.
or 25%.
Example Question #2 : How To Find The Decimal Equivalent Of A Fraction
Which number is largest?
Thinking about these numbers as fractions, we have
, , , , and .
The larger the number in the denominator is, the smaller the value of the total fraction. However, between and , the larger numerator is the bigger number. Therefore, the correct answer is .9.
Example Question #3 : How To Find The Decimal Equivalent Of A Fraction
Show as a fraction.
First we rewrite as a fraction. Since is in the tenths place, we can write it over
This can be simplified by dividing the top and bottom number by .
Example Question #4 : How To Find The Decimal Equivalent Of A Fraction
Write as a decimal:
, making this the decimal equivalent.
Example Question #5 : How To Find The Decimal Equivalent Of A Fraction
What is the sum of 4.7 and 2.5?
4.7 and 2.5 add up to 7.2.
0.2 is equal to , so the correct answer is .
Example Question #6 : How To Find The Decimal Equivalent Of A Fraction
Write as a fraction.
Rewrite as .
Reduce the fraction: