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What is 45/100 written as a decimal?
0.45
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Name 2 decimals GREATER THAN 0.3. (Hint: a number line may be helpful.)
Your answer can be any decimal between 0.31-0.99
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Mike colored a hundredths grid 3 different colors. He colored 32/100 of the grid green. He colored 1/10 purple. The rest he colored blue. What FRACTION did he color blue?
58/100 (100/100 - 32/100 - 10/100 = 58/100)
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Which is greater 6/10 or 6/100? Explain.
6/10 is greater because it is equivalent to 60/100 and that is more than 6/100.
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Ryder bought a 0.75 pound of turkey and 0.57 pound of cheese. Did he buy more turkey or cheese?
He bought more turkey. 0.75 > 0.57
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What is 29/100 written in expanded form?
20/100 + 9/100 OR 2/10 + 9/100
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TRUE or FALSE 0.5 > 20/100
TRUE (0.5 = 5/10 = 50/100)
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Chris is collecting guitar string for his instrument. On Monday, he found a string 2/10 of a meter long. On Tuesday, he found a string 47/100 of a meter long. On Thursday, he found one more piece that measured 1/10. How much string did he collect in all? Write your answer as a FRACTION and a DECIMAL.
77/100 and 0.77 (20/100 + 47/100 + 10/100)
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Sylvia has $100. She spent 4/10 of her money on a jacket and 20/100 of her money on jeans. What fraction of her money did Sylvia spend?
6/10 or 60/100 or $60
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Carmen bought 0.6 pound of fish and 0.85 pound of shrimp to make a stew. Of which did she buy less? Use equivalent fractions or decimals to explain your answer.
Carmen bought less fish. 0.6 = 0.60 < 0.85
300
How many "hundredths" blocks would be colored in for 0.84?
84 hundredths OR 8 tenths and 4 hundredths
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TRUE OR FALSE 0.3 < 0.03
FALSE (0.3 = 3/10; 0.03 = 3/100)
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Which of these numbers is less than half? 0.47, 0.12, 0.76, 0.50, 0.51, 0.94, 0.5, 0.26
0.47, 0.12, 0.26
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Mila had 100 math problems to finish this week. She solved 2/10 of the problems on Monday and 25/100 on Tuesday. Did Mila solve more problems on Monday or Tuesday?
She solved more on Tuesday. 20/100 < 25/100
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Sam and Sal are making a Valentine's poster for their mother. They need 8/10 of a yard of ribbon to complete the poster. Sam has 3/10 of a yard. Sal has 58/100 of a yard. Do they have enough to complete the frame?
Yes! 3/10 + 58/100 = 88/100. They only need 80/100.
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Fill in denominators (10 or 100) to make this sentence true: 2/D + 5/D = 52/100
2/100 + 5/10 (2/100 + 50/100)
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TRUE or FALSE 0.4 = 0.40
TRUE (4/10 = 40/100)
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Which of these numbers is equal to half? 0.47, 0.12, 0.76, 0.50, 0.51, 0.94, 0.5, 0.26
0.50 and 0.5
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Mila had 100 math problems to finish this week. She solved 2/10 of the problems on Monday and 25/100 on Tuesday. Has Mila completed more than half of her math problems for the week?
No, she has only completed 45/100 (20/100 + 25/100).
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Sam and Sal are making a Valentine's poster for their mother. They need 8/10 of a yard of ribbon to complete the poster. Sam has 3/10 of a yard. Sal has 58/100 of a yard. Their cousin, Randy, has twice the amount of ribbon as Sam. Does Randy have enough to complete the poster by himself? How do you know?
No, Randy does not have enough. He only has 6/10 (3/10 x 2). He still need 2/10 more to equal 8/10 of a yard.
500
TRUE or FALSE 30/100 + 5/10 = 35/100
FALSE - you cannot add the numerators until you have a common denominator.
500
Draw a number line to show 0.5 is less than 0.63.
Your number line should start at 0.0 and be LABELED for each tenth.
500
Which of these numbers are greater than half? 0.47, 0.12, 0.76, 0.50, 0.51, 0.94, 0.5, 0.26
0.76, 0.94, 0.51
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Of the 100 students in 4th grade, 70 students are girls. Write a FRACTION and a DECIMAL to show the amount of girls in 4th grade.
70/100 or 7/10 0.70 or 0.7
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Owen received $100 for his birthday. He wants to spend 2/10 of his money on a video game. He wants to spend 55/100 on a skateboard. He wants to spend 3/10 on comic books. What fraction of his money does he want to spend? Does he have enough money? Explain.
He wants to spend 105/100 (2/10 + 55/100 + 3/10). He does NOT have enough money; he wants to spend OVER $100 ... $105 actually. :)
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