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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: start fraction, 2, divided by, 5, end fraction
start fraction, start color #11accd, 2, end color #11accd, divided by, start color #1fab54, 5, end color #1fab54, end fraction, equals, start color #11accd, 2, end color #11accd, divided by, start color #1fab54, 5, end color #1fab54
start fraction, start color #11accd, 2, end color #11accd, divided by, start color #1fab54, 5, end color #1fab54, end fraction, equals, 0, point, 4
Example 2: 3, start fraction, 7, divided by, 8, end fraction
start color #f9685d, 3, end color #f9685d stays to the left of the decimal. Then, we divide start color #11accd, 7, end color #11accd by start color #1fab54, 8, end color #1fab54.
start fraction, start color #11accd, 7, end color #11accd, divided by, start color #1fab54, 8, end color #1fab54, end fraction, equals, start color #11accd, 7, end color #11accd, divided by, start color #1fab54, 8, end color #1fab54
start color #f9685d, 3, end color #f9685d, start fraction, start color #11accd, 7, end color #11accd, divided by, start color #1fab54, 8, end color #1fab54, end fraction, equals, 3, point, 875
Want to learn more about writing fractions as decimals? Check out this video.

Practice

Problem 1
  • Current
Rewrite start fraction, 3, divided by, 10, end fraction as a decimal.
  • Your answer should be
  • an exact decimal, like 0, point, 75

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

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