Arithmetic Grade Six

Lesson One Hundred: Equivalent Decimals and Fractions


Any value that you can write as a fraction can also be written as a decimal and any value that can be written as a decimal can be written as a fraction. Here are a few examples:


	.4  =  4/10			.5 = 5/10

	.3  =  3/10			.7 = 7/10

To convert a decimal to a fraction do the following.

	   Write the digit(s) to the right of the decimal point
	   over a multiple of ten with the same number
	   of zeroes as the number of places in the decimal
	   to the right of the decimal point.

	   For instance, .43 has two digits to the right of the
	   decimal and so it gets written as 43/100 as a fraction.

Here are a few more examples:

	.42  =  42/100			.55 = 55/100

	.33  =  33/100			.25 =  25/100


Now you get to try a few for yourself.

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