505 : DECIMALS, AVERAGE AND

WORD PROBLEM
LESSON 1
(OPERATION ON DECIMALS)
1.1: CONVERTING DECIMALS TO
FRACTIONS

Decimals to Fractions
and
Fractions to Decimals
 What are we
learning?
In this lesson you will learn how
to convert
decimals to
fractions
and
fractions to
How to Convert Decimals to
Fractions

Use the place value of the last digit in the

number to determine what the
denominator of the fraction will be.
How to Convert Decimals to
Fractions
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How to Convert Decimals to
Fractions
.5
The 5 is in the
tenths place

10
How to Convert Decimals to
Fractions
.84
The 4 is in the
hundredths
place

84
 What if there is a whole
number before the decimal
point?

1.589
The 9 is in the
thousandths
place

1 589
1000
 What if there is a whole
number before the decimal
point?

25.5
The 5 is in the
tenths place

5
25
10
How to Convert Fractions to
Decimals

23 This is the hundredths

place so the 3 needs
to be in the
hundredths place.

100
2 3

.23
How to Convert Fractions to
Decimals

567 This is the thousandths

place so the 7 needs

1000 to be in the
thousandths place.

5 6 7

.567
How to Convert Fractions to
Decimals

4 This is the thousandths

place so the 4 needs

1000 to be in the
thousandths place.

0 0 4

.004
How to Convert Fractions to
Decimals

2 This is the tenths place

so the 2 needs to be

10 in the tenths place.

.2
What if there is a whole number
before the fraction?
This is the thousandths

567
3 1000
place so the 7 needs
to be in the
thousandths place.

3 5 6 7

3.567
How to Convert Fractions to
Decimals

This is the thousandths

34
24 1000
place so the 4 needs
to be in the
thousandths place.

24.034
Suppose You Can’t Use A
Denominator of 10?

5 Divide
the
6 Numerator
by the
Denominator
Suppose You Can’t Use A
Denominator of 10?
5
.8 3
6 6 54.08 0

.83 218
0
2
Suppose You Can’t Use A
Denominator of 10?

2
.
3 .08
3 216
2
.6
Try Some . . .
7 5 6
8 50 10
3 12
3
 Try Some . . .
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.6 .875
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