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Course: Grade 4 math (FL B.E.S.T.) > Unit 9
Lesson 7: Writing decimals as fractionsWriting decimals as fractions review
Review writing decimals as fractions, and try some practice problems.
Writing decimals as fractions
To convert a decimal to a fraction, we write the decimal number as a numerator and we write its place value as the denominator.
If there is a number to the left of the decimal point, we keep that number as a whole number.
Example 1:
Example 1:
Want to learn more about writing decimals as fractions? Check out this video.
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- How would you express 5.03 as a fraction?(48 votes)
- The answer is 5 3/100 (mixed fraction) or 503/100 (improper fraction).(15 votes)
- I know 0.1 is 1 tenth. 0.01 is 1 hundredth. 0.001 is 1 thousandth. But what is 0.0001?(15 votes)
- .0001 is 1 ten thousandths.(4 votes)
- How do you write a fraction? It keeps getting it wrong.(7 votes)
- You write a fraction using the "slash" symbol (/).
You place the numerator before the slash and denominator behind the same slash. So for example three fourths would be 3/4.
In case of mixed numbers you write the whole number and leave space for the fraction. So two and three fifths would be 2 3/5.
Hope this helps.(13 votes)
- They should fix the last question because it says express 5.03 as a fraction and some people will think oh that's easy it's 503/100 but it says it's wrong and the right answer is 5 and 3/100 which is right(9 votes)
- It asks for either a proper fraction or a mixed number so 503/100 is not correct (a fraction is only proper if its numerator is smaller than its denominator)(7 votes)
- so say i had a question like convert 0.023 into a fraction. would it be 100 or 1000??(8 votes)
- You would convert that into the thousandths. The answer is 23/1000.(6 votes)
- How can you express 18.7?(7 votes)
- 18.7 = 18 7/10 or 187/10(4 votes)
- I'm confused what it means by "Express 5.03 as a fraction." What does that mean?(3 votes)
- Express means to show, write as, or sometimes convert.
So the translated question is "show 5.03 as a fraction." or "convert 5.03 into a fraction."(3 votes)
- how do i express 10.6 ft into a fraction to the nearest 1/8 of an inch?(3 votes)
- when they ask you told you to do 5.03 it means that there are 5 whole's and 3/100 left I get it now(3 votes)
- 0.006 what would it be(3 votes)