1. Two Questions 2
ponder

2. .6 What fraction of the rectangle is green? They sound alike!!!
What decimal part of the rectangle is green? .6

3. To write a decimal as a fraction, write the fraction as you would say the decimal
Hundredths
Ten-thousandths
tenths
Hundred-thousandths
Thousandths

4. 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!)

5. You have to simplify the fraction if possible
Is that all there is?
Of Course Not
You have to simplify the fraction if possible

6. Write .6 as a fraction
.6 =
Can be simplified to:
.6 =

7. SIMPLIFY!! .5
.65
3.22 .2
.225