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jeshua97kingDECIMALS
Decimals are convenient forms of expressing
fractions without a numerator or denominator
BASE TEN
When decimals are expressed as fractions their
denominators are powers of 10,
such as 10, 100, 1000 etc
Decimal
Place Value Chart
The decimal point is positioned so that the digit
immediately to its left is the unit of ones position
TYPES OF DECIMALS
1)Exact
3)Irrational
Decimals that do not go on forever
E.g. 0.5 , 0.76, 0.000004
Goes on forever but the numbers do not repeat
2) Recurring
themselves.
E.g pi = 3.1415926535897932
Goes on forever and ever but some digits
repeat
E.g. 0.3333 , 0.45454545
ADDING & SUBTRACTING DECIMALS
Find the sum of 12.875 + 0.34
Adding and
subtracting decimals
is easy!
Just add & subtract
normally from the
right to left placing
the decimal point in
the SAME position.
MULTIPLYING DECIMALS
Find the product of 0.67 and 0.2
Multiplying decimals
is super easy!
1) Remove decimal
points
2) Multiply normally
3)Place decimal point
in the answer
accordingly
DIVIDING DECIMALS
PARTS
OF DIVISION
DIVIDING DECIMALS
Ask yourself is the DIVISOR a WHOLE NUMBER
(no decimal points)?
YOUR TURN
SOLUTION
Powers of 10
so easy
you can do it sleeping!!!!
Divide Multiply
Move the decimal point to the LEFT the same no.of Move the decimal point to the RIGHT the
places as there are zeros in the power same no.of places as there are zeros in the power
Expressing Decimals as Common Fractions
EXMAPLE 1:
Express 0.58 as a fraction in its lowest terms
IT'S SIMPLE!!!
Put the #1 under the decimal
point
and zero's under every
number going to the right
Example 2
Express 1.175 as a fraction in its lowest terms
YOUR TURN
Express 4.08 as a fraction in its lowest terms
SOLUTION
Express 4.08 as a fraction in its lowest terms
REVIEW TIME
1)How many types of decimals are there?
2) What number is five hundred forty nine and two hundred
thirty-eight thousandths?
3)List the steps in multiplying 0.32 x 0.528
4)Which direction does the decimal point jump when dividing
by powers of 10?
REVIEW TIME
