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Unit 2: Rational Numbers

Convert Between Decimals and Fraction Forms


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A rational number is a number which can be written as ! where m and n are integers with ! ≠ 0 (you cannot
divide by 0). The definition of rational numbers comes from the concept of fractions.

!
can be written as ! ÷ !, the quotient of m divided by n.
!

Any rational number (fraction) can be written in decimal form using


long division.

5
I 2 1.0 s
Examples: Use long division to convert each fraction into a decimal.
42 0
! ! !
Convert ! to a decimal. Convert !! to a decimal. Write −! ! as a decimal.

3 7 5 0.0 9 0 2.2 5
1 0008 4 9 0 0
819

0.09
t
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24 2.29
3 0.379

How are these examples the same? How are they different?
uselongdivision to write somedecimals were
a fraction
as a decimal repeating andsomewere
terminating
Unit 2: Rational Numbers

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Rule for converting decimal to fraction: heat
“________________ write it, ________________
it, ________________ simplify it.”
Examples:

Read it Write it Simplify it

-0.2 =

Negative 2 tenths
_____________________________________________________ to z
____________________ t
____________________

0.18 =
18 hundredths
_____________________________________________________ 802
____________________ go
____________________

-2.40 =

Negative e and 40 hundredths ____________________


_____________________________________________________ 2488 0 ____________________
z

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