Fraction -> Decimal
What is 1/2 as a decimal value?
0.5
A student says that 5/100 is equivalent to 0.5. What is their mistake?
5/100 is 0.05. 0.5 is 5/10.
Which is greater? 1/2 or 0.4
1/2 because it is equivalent to 0.5 which is greater than 0.4
they each get 3/4 or 0.75 of a pizza
What is 3/5 as a decimal value?
0.6
A student says that 3/10 is equivalent to 0.03. What is their mistake?
3/10 is 0.3. 0.03 is 3/100.
Which is greater? 3/4 or 0.7
3/4 because it is equivalent to 0.75 which is greater than 0.7
Laila runs 3 miles in 21 minutes. Find the rate of her time per mile.
21/3 = 7. Laila runs at a rate of 7 minutes per mile.
What is 7/8 as a decimal value?
0.875
5/1000 is 0.005. 0.05 is 5/100.
Which is greater? 5/8 or 0.6
5/8 because it is equivalent to 0.625 which is more that 0.6
Carlos is baking cookies. He has 1.8 cups of flours that he needs to split into 3 batches. How much flour will be in each batch of cookies?
1.8/3 = 0.6 cups in each batch.
What is 1 and 2/8 as a decimal value?
1.25
A student sats 5/6 = 0.56. What is the mistake?
They wrote the numerator and denominator as the decimal. They did not divide 5 by 6.
Which is greater? 1 and 1/2 or 1.6
1.6 is greater because 1 and 1/2 is equivalent to 1.5
Michelle has 5 and 1/2 trays of brownies. She wants to bring the same amount of brownies to all 5 of her classes. How much of each tray will she bring to each class?
She will bring 5 and 1/2 divided by 5 = 1.1 or
1 and 1/10 trays of brownies to each class.
What is 5 and 2/3 as a decimal value?
5.67
A student says that 3/4 is equivalent to 1.33333. What is the mistake they made?
The student divided 4 by 3 instead of 3 by 4.
Put the values in order from LEAST to GREATEST
0.55, 1/2 , 1 and 1/4 , 1.3
The correct order is
1/2. , 0.55, 1 and 1/4, 1.3
Mr. Miller has 3 and 4/5 weeks to raise money for the end of year party. The goal is to raise $750. How much money will he have to raise each week?
750 divided by 3.75 = 200
He will need to raise $200 each week.