Two Questions 2 ponder
.6 What fraction of the rectangle is green? They sound alike!!! What decimal part of the rectangle is green? .6
To write a decimal as a fraction, write the fraction as you would say the decimal Hundredths Ten-thousandths tenths 0.12345 Hundred-thousandths Thousandths
Say the decimal….Write it as a fraction .5 .65 3.22 .2 .225 Notice….when you change a decimal to a fraction the denominator is always 10, 100, 1000 (powers of ten!)
You have to simplify the fraction if possible Is that all there is? Of Course Not You have to simplify the fraction if possible
Write .6 as a fraction .6 = Can be simplified to: .6 =
SIMPLIFY!! .5 .65 3.22 .2 .225