Converting Fractions and Decimals - Tenths
*CCSS.Math.Content.4.NF.C.6 Use decimal notation for fractions with denominators 10 or 100
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If you can read a decimal, like 0.1 (one tenth) you can write it as a fraction just as you say it, 1/10. With powers of ten, each zero in the denominator equals the number of decimal places. 7/10 has one zero, thus it equals 0.7. You can also use a place value chart to help you read decimals.

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Tenths
Hundredths
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0
 .7    
  .    
       
1.
3
=
  
10
 
2.
9
=
  
10
 
3.
5
=
  
10
 
4.
6
=
  
10
 
     
5.
1
=
  
10
 
6.
10
=
  
10
 
7.
2
=
  
10
 
8.
7
=
  
10
 
       
9.
0.3
=
  
 
10.
0.4
=
  
 
11.
0.6
=
  
 
12.
0.9
=
  
 
     
13.
0.2
=
  
 
14.
1.0
=
  
 
15.
0.7
=
  
 
16.
0.0
=
  
 
     
17.
0
=
  
10
 
18.
4
=
  
10
 
19.
0.1
=
  
 
20.
0.5
=