Relating Fractions to Decimals
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You can write fractions with denominators of 10 and 100 as decimals.
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3 is 3 tenths, or 0.3.
10
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15 is 15 hundredths, or 0.15
100
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25 is 25 hundredths, or 0.25.
100
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You can use money to write some fractions as decimals.
4 of a dollar is $0.40.
10
3 of a dollar is $0.75.
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For some fractions, we can write an equivalent fraction with a denominator of 10 or 100. We can then write the fraction as a decimal.
3 is equivalent to 6
5 10
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6 is 6 tenths, or 0.6.
10
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So, 3 and 0.6 are equivalent.
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3 is equivalent to 75
4 100
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75 is 75 hundredths, or 0.75.
100
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So, 3 and 0.75 are equivalent.
