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Fractions: Understanding Rational Numbers

REAL WORLD EXAMPLE
Your Turn! BAKING

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Compare Fractions and Decimals One recipe for cookies requires of a cup of
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3 3
Replace • with <, >, or = to make • 0.4 a true butter, and a second recipe for cookies requires 5
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sentence. of a cup of butter. Which recipe uses less
A. < butter?
B. > A. the f rst recipe
C. = B. the second recipe
D. none of the above C. both use the same amount
D. cannot be determined
Answer

Answer

Skill Practice!

Write each fraction or mixed number as a decimal. Replace each with , < ,>, or = to make a
Use a bar to show a repeating decimal. true sentence.

1. 3 6. 1 11. 1 0.12
4 15 8

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3
2. 5 7. -10 5 12. -2 10 -2.3
9

5 1 4
3. 10 8. 6 6 13. 1 5 1.5

7 7 3 3
4. 9. 4 14.
10 11 5 4

1 3 1
5. 4 10. -2 5 15. -3 4 -3.25

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