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Fractions: Understanding Rational Numbers

REAL WORLD EXAMPLE
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Write a as a decimal. Use a bar to show a Ms. Brown’s class
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repeating decimal. The results of a poll showed that 16
out of 24 students in Ms. Brown’s
A. 4.15 class would prefer going to the
B. 2 . 6 planetarium rather than the arboretum.
C. 0 . 3
D. 0.26 To the nearest thousandth, what part of the class
preferred going to the planetarium?
Answer
A. 0.007
B. 0.667
C. 0.700
D. 16.24

Answer

MO. 2 - L2b

Comparing Fractions Let’s Begin
and Decimals

Compare Fractions and Decimals

REAL WORLD EXAMPLE
Example GRADES

16
13 Jeremy got a score of on his
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Replace • with <, >, or = to make 0.7 • 20 a true 20
sentence. f rst quiz and on his second quiz.
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13 Write a sentence
0.7 • Which grade was the higher score?
20 13
0.7 • 0.65 Write as a decimal.
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Write the fractions as decimals and then
0.7 > 0.65 In the tenths place, 7 > 6. compare the decimals.

0.65 .7
Quiz #1: 16 = 0.80
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0.5 0.55 0.6 0.65 0.7 0.75 0.8
Quiz #2: 20 = 0.80
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On a number line, 0.7 is to the
Answer right of 0.65, so 0.7 > 13
20 Answer The score were the same, 0.80

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