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4th grade

Course: 4th grade > Unit 10

Lesson 1: Decimal fractions
Math
4th grade
Understand decimals
Decimal fractions
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Write decimals and fractions shown on number lines

CCSS.Math: 4.NF.C.6
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Problem

Look at the number line below.
A number line that has moving left to right, a starting mark at 0, nine unlabeled tick marks, a tick mark labeled one-tenth, nine unlabeled tick marks, a tick mark labeled two-tenths, nine unlabeled tick marks, and an ending tick mark at three-tenths. There is a dot at the seventh tick mark to the right of one-tenth.
Identify the point on the number line and write it as both a fraction and a decimal.
Fraction:
  • Your answer should be
  • a proper fraction, like 1, slash, 2 or 6, slash, 10
  • an improper fraction, like 10, slash, 7 or 14, slash, 8
  • a mixed number, like 1, space, 3, slash, 4
Decimal:
  • Your answer should be
  • an exact decimal, like 0, point, 75
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