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Writing fractions as decimals review

Review writing fractions as decimals, and try some practice problems.

Writing fractions as decimals

To convert a fraction to a decimal, we divide the numerator by the denominator.
If we have a mixed number, the whole number stays to the left of the decimal.
Example 1: 25
25=2÷5
  0.45)2.00000000-0020-20000
25=0.4
Example 2: 378
3 stays to the left of the decimal. Then, we divide 7 by 8.
78=7÷8
  0.8758)7.0000000000-0070-64     60     56    40        400010
378=3.875
Want to learn more about writing fractions as decimals? Check out this video.

Practice

Problem 1
Rewrite 310 as a decimal.
  • Your answer should be
  • an exact decimal, like 0.75

Want to try more problems like this? Check out this exercise.

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