Lesson 5-1 Pages 200-204

Writing Fractions as

Decimals

What you will learn!1. How to write fractions as

terminating or repeating decimals.

2. How to compare fractions and decimals.

Terminating decimalTerminating decimalMixed numberMixed numberRepeating decimalRepeating decimalBar notationBar notationPeriodPeriod

What you really need to know!

Fractions are division problems. Divide the numerator by the denominator. If the division ends (terminates) the remainder is 0. This is a terminating decimal. If the division repeats the same number without ending, it is a repeating decimal.

Example 1:

decimal. a as Write 161

1 ÷ 16116

0.0625

Example 2:

decimal. a as 4

11 Write

1 + 1 ÷ 4141

1.25

decimal. a as11

2 Write

Example 3:

2 ÷ 11211

0.18

0.7 ? 0.65

true. 20

13 ? 0.7 make to

or , , with ? theReplace

Example 4:

>

0.8 = 0.8

Example 5:

Jeremy got a score of 16/20 on his first quiz and 20/25 on his second quiz. Which was higher?

25

20 ?

20

16=

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Guided Practice

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Homework: Pages 203-204

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