2. A fraction is another way to write a division problem… So means 2 divided by 5. Therefore…

3. To change a decimal to a fraction you need to know place values… Change 0.72 to a fraction. Read the number. Seventy two hundredths Write the fraction. Simplify the fraction.

4. Example #1: Change to a decimal.

5. Example #2: Change to a decimal.

6. Example #3 Change -0.85 to a fraction. That is read negative eighty five hundredths.

7. Example #4 Change 0.275 to a fraction. That is read two hundred seventy five thousandths.

8. Example #5 In the 2011 season, the Pittsburgh Pirates won 72 out of 162 games. What was the ratio of wins to the total games played? Write your answer as a fraction in simplest form and as a decimal. A ratio is a comparison of two numbers. A ratio is often written as a fraction. As a fraction: As a decimal: