Task: Find an object in your classroom that weighs 0.005kg.
8. Can you write these fractions as decimals? a)
____ 1000
2
9. Now try these. a) 200
____ 1000
b) 41 ____
1000
c) 323 ____
1000
b) 450 ____
1000
c) 625 ____
1000
10. What digit is in the thousandths place? a) 22.157 d) 6.349
b) 8.915 e) 2.307
g) 125.672 h) 214.816 Write Other Fractions as Decimals
Sometimes the denominator is not a tenth, hundredth or thousandth, so it can be tricky turning it into a decimal fraction. For some, we can convert them to equivalent fractions in tenths or hundredths.
1
_ 2
1
_ 5
__ 10
1
__ 10
1
__ 10
1 1 1
_ 5
__ 10
1
– 5 = 2
__ 10
1
__ 10 = 0.2
1
_ 5
__ 10
1 1
__ 10
1
– 2 = 5
1
_ 5
__ 10
1
__ 10 = 0.5
1. Now try these. Use the fraction wall above to help. a) 2
– 5 = __
10 = 0. b) 4
– 5
__ 10
1 1
_ 2
1
_ 5
__ 10
1
d) 999 ____
1000
e) 417 ____
1000 f)
d) 60 ____
1000
e) 924 ____
1000 f)
c) 16.232 f) 70.554 i) 356.279
____ 1000
847
____ 1000
4
c) 3
– 5
2. Can you fill in the missing numbers? Check your answers with the person beside you. a)