Ratios, Rates and Percents Lesson 6 Ratios, Rates and Percents Fractions and Decimals

Warm-Up Convert 18 feet to yards. Simplify . Write each fraction as a decimal.

Fractions and Decimals Target: Convert fractions to decimals and decimals to fractions.

Writing a Fraction as a Decimal Divide the numerator by the denominator.

Writing a Decimal as a Fraction Determine the place value of the last number in the decimal. Write a fraction using the decimal as the numerator and the place value as the denominator. Write the fraction in simplest form.

Example 1a Convert 0.7 to a fraction. Write 0.7 in words. 0.7 = seven tenths Use 10 as the denominator.

Example 1b Convert 0.25 to a fraction. Write 0.25 in words. 0.25 = twenty-five hundredths Use 100 as the denominator. Write in simplest form.

Example 1a Convert 6.2 to a mixed number. Write 6.2 in words. 6.2 = six and two tenths Use 10 as the denominator. Write in simplest form.

Exit Problems Convert each fraction or mixed number to a decimal. Convert each decimal to a fraction or mixed number. 0.9 12.25

Communication Prompt How do you rewrite a fraction as a decimal?