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Converting Fractions To Decimal

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CONVERTING FRACTIONS TO DECIMALS


Converting fractions into decimals is a straightforward task if you have a calculator
to hand. If you do not have a calculator then you can still convert fractions into
decimals using long division.

To convert a fraction to a decimal, you simply need to divide the numerator by the
denominator using a calculator. Your calculator will display this as a decimal
answer.
2 2
Example 1 - Convert 5
to a decimal. 5
= 2 ÷ 5 = 0.4

3 3
Example 2 - Convert 16
to a decimal. 16
= 3 ÷ 16 = 0.1875

Convert these fractions into decimals:


1 = 2) 3 = 3) 3 = 4) 4 =
1)
5 12 8 5

5) 7 = 6) 7 = 7) 1 = 8) 11 =
4 16 6 2

18 = 10) 6 = 11) 7 = 12) 6 =


9)
8 15 3 20

9 = 14) 16 = 15) 7 = 16) 9 =


13)
15 6 9 5
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CONVERTING FRACTIONS TO DECIMALS ANSWERS

1 = 0.2 2) 3 = 0.25 3) 3 = 0.375 4) 4 = 0.8


1)
5 12 8 5

5) 7 = 1.75 6) 7 = 0.4375 7) 1 = 0.166̇̇ 8) 11 = 5.5


4 16 6 2

18 = 2.25 10) 6 = 0.4 11) 7 = 2.33 12) 6 = 0.3


9)
8 15 3 20

9 = 0.6 14) 16 = 2.66̇̇ 15) 7 = 0.77 16) 9 = 1.8


13)
15 6 9 5

Please note for questions 7, 11, 14 and 15 there is a dot above the last digit. This
means that the decimal repeats the last digit with the dot above an infinite
number of times!

Example – the answer to question 7 is 0.166666... where the last digit 6 is


repeated forever!

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