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Module 4 Lesson 1

Rational numbers can be written as fractions where the numerator and denominator are integers and the denominator is not zero. Rational numbers include fractions and decimals that either terminate or repeat. This document provides examples of simplifying fractions, writing decimals as fractions, and writing fractions as decimals or repeating decimals. It includes warm-up exercises, vocabulary, examples, and a two-part lesson quiz to assess understanding of rational numbers and operations involving them.

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Module 4 Lesson 1

Rational numbers can be written as fractions where the numerator and denominator are integers and the denominator is not zero. Rational numbers include fractions and decimals that either terminate or repeat. This document provides examples of simplifying fractions, writing decimals as fractions, and writing fractions as decimals or repeating decimals. It includes warm-up exercises, vocabulary, examples, and a two-part lesson quiz to assess understanding of rational numbers and operations involving them.

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Rational Numbers

Warm Up
Problem of the Day
Lesson Presentation
Lesson Quizzes
Rational Numbers

Warm Up
Divide.

1. 36  3 12 2. 144  6 24

3. 68  17 4 4. 345  115 3

5. 1024  64 16
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Learn to write rational numbers in


equivalent forms.
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Vocabulary
rational number
relatively prime number
Rational Numbers

A rational number is any number that can


be written as a fraction , where p
and q are integers and q  0.

Relatively prime numbers have no common


factors other than 1.
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Decimals that terminate or repeat are


rational numbers.
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Additional Example 1A: Simplifying Fractions

Simplify.

16 16 = 1 • 4 • 4 ;16 is a common
80 = 5 • 4 • 4 factor.
80
16 = 16 ÷ 16 Divide the numerator
80 80 ÷ 16 and denominator by 16.
1
= Remember
5 0 a
=0 for ≠ 0 = 1 for a ≠ 0
a a
7 7 7
= =
8 8 8
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Additional Example 1B: Simplifying Fractions
Simplify.

–18 18 = 2 • 9 ;There are no common


29 29 = 1 • 29 factors.

–18 –18
= 18 and 29 are relatively prime.
29 29
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Additional Example 2: Writing Decimals as Fractions
Write each decimal as a fraction in simplest form.

A. 5.37
37
5.37 = 5 7 is in the hundredths place.
100

B. 0.622
622 2 is in the thousandths
0.622 =
1000 place.

311 Simplify by dividing by the


= common factor 2.
500
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To write a fraction as a decimal, divide the


numerator by the denominator. You can
use long division.

numerator
denominator

denominator numerator
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Additional Example 3A: Writing Fractions as
Decimals
Write the fraction as a decimal.

11 1 .2
9 9 11 .0
–9 The pattern repeats.
20
–1 8 Writing Math
2 A repeating decimal can be written
with a bar over the digits_that
repeat. So 1.2222… = 1.2.

11
The fraction is equivalent to the decimal 1.2.
9
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Additional Example 3B: Writing Fractions as
Decimals
Write the fraction as a decimal.
7 0.3 5 This is a terminating decimal.
20 20 7.0 0
–0
70
–6 0
1 00
–1 0 0
0 The remainder is 0.

7
The fraction is equivalent to the decimal 0.35.
20
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Lesson Quizzes

Standard Lesson Quiz

Lesson Quiz for Student Response Systems


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Lesson Quiz: Part I
Simplify.
18 3 15 5
1. 2.
42 7 21 7
Write each decimal as a fraction in
simplest form.
27 5
3. 0.27 4. –0.625 –
100 8

13
5. Write as a decimal 2.16
6
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Lesson Quiz: Part II

6. Tommy had 13 hits in 40 at bats for


his baseball team. What is his batting
average? (Batting average is the
number of hits divided by the number
of at bats, expressed as a decimal.)
0.325
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Lesson Quiz for Student Response Systems

1. Simplify 16 .
28

A. 3 C. 5
7 7

B. 4 D. 6
7 7
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Lesson Quiz for Student Response Systems

2. Simplify 24 .
30

A. 4 C. 6
6 5

B. 4 D. 5
5 4
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Lesson Quiz for Student Response Systems

3. Which of the following represents the given


decimal as a fraction in simplest form? 0.43

A. 43 C. 43
100
10
B. 100 D. 43
43 1000
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Lesson Quiz for Student Response Systems
4. Which of the following represents the
given decimal as a fraction in simplest form
–0.875

A. – 5 C. –7
7 8

B. –4 D. – 9
5 10
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Lesson Quiz for Student Response Systems

5. Which of the following represents the given


fraction as a decimal?
51
9

A. 4.3
B. 4.6
C. 5.6
D. 6.5

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