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

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

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

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

6. 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.

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

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

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

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

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