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Example Question #1 : How To Find The Decimal Equivalent Of A Fraction
Rewrite as a decimal.
Divide by ; the result is .
You may also recognize that is equal to , and will be equal to times this value.
Example Question #2 : How To Find The Decimal Equivalent Of A Fraction
Write the decimal equivalent of .
Example Question #3 : How To Find The Decimal Equivalent Of A Fraction
How do you write 0.125 as a fraction?
Example Question #4 : How To Find The Decimal Equivalent Of A Fraction
Express as a decimal.
Divide the numerator by the denominator:
Example Question #5 : How To Find The Decimal Equivalent Of A Fraction
Express 0.36 as a fraction in simplest form.
Write the expression, without the decimal point (36), over the apporpriate power of 10 (100, since the last digit falls in the hundredths place). Then reduce:
Example Question #6 : How To Find The Decimal Equivalent Of A Fraction
Which is equivalent to this fraction?
Divide:
Example Question #7 : How To Find The Decimal Equivalent Of A Fraction
Write as a decimal:
Divide 17 by 45, adding a decimal point and zeroes as needed:
The 7 repeats infinitely. The decimal is therefore .
Example Question #2 : How To Find The Decimal Equivalent Of A Fraction
Write as a fraction in lowest terms:
We can use algebra to find the fraction by setting . Then:
and
Subtract as follows:
Example Question #8 : How To Find The Decimal Equivalent Of A Fraction
Convert 0.017 into a fraction.
0.017 is equal to 17 thousandths (because it extends 3 decimal places), therefore:
Example Question #8 : How To Find The Decimal Equivalent Of A Fraction
Write as a decimal:
Divide 13 by 75, adding a decimal point and zeroes as needed:
The 3 repeats infinitely, so we can rewrite this as .
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