Converting Fractions to Decimals

What do decimals and fractions represent?

• Numbers less than one

• Only whole numbers

• Only negative numbers

• Numbers greater than one

What does the tenths place represent in a decimal?

• The fourth place after the decimal point

• The third place after the decimal point

• The second place after the decimal point

• The first place after the decimal point

How would you write four tenths as a decimal?

• 0.4

• 40

• 0.04

• 4.0

If you have 43 pennies, how do you represent it as a decimal?

• 0.043

• 43.0

• 4.3

• 0.43

What does the hundredths place represent in a decimal?

• The first place after the decimal point

• The second place after the decimal point

• The third place after the decimal point

• The fourth place after the decimal point

How would you correctly write eight hundredths as a decimal?

• 0.08

• 0.008

• 0.8

• 8.0

Why is it incorrect to write eight hundredths as 0.8?

• Because 0.8 represents eight tenths

• Because 0.8 is greater than one

• Because 0.8 represents eighty hundredths

• Because 0.8 is a whole number