What is 3.75 equivalent too?

Question

It says " Write the fraction equivalent for 3.75. "

Answer 1

Hi Serena from Elkridge...hope you had a great day at school. Oooooo FRACTIONS...everyone's favorite...Right? NOT!

Anyway...I'm going to give you a hint in beginning to answer this question...but I won't do it for you because once you figure it out...you will be a pro at answering these kinds of problems.. If you still have problems...contact me on Wyzant I will be glad to help.

 

Okay....here is an example and how it is solved. Just follow the example>

  let's say I have a decimal number....  7. 50 and l want to change this to a fraction  

  Let's look at the place values of this number...the 7 is in the ones place the 5 is in the tenths place and the 0 is in the hundredths place

This is like a mixed fraction....so with that in mind the first number would be 7. Now we have to change the decimal to a fraction. Since the most significant value...we can either say 0 is in the hundredths place. If we do then our fractions would be 50/100. By reducing or factoring we can change that to 5/10 and then down to 1/2...correct? Got that?

If we say the more significant place value is the 5 then we can eliminate one step and say 5/10 and get the same answer 1/2.

Now combine the 2 values together 7 1/2...would that be the same as 7.50...we can rewrite that to 7.5.

Now its your turn to do the same with the value your teacher gave you.

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