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Warm Up
Problem of the Day
Lesson Presentation
Lesson Quizzes
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Warm Up
Divide.
1. 36 3 12 2. 144 6 24
3. 68 17 4 4. 345 115 3
5. 1024 64 16
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Learn to write rational numbers in
equivalent forms.
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Vocabulary
rational number
relatively prime number
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A rational number is any number that can
be written as a fraction , where p
and q are integers and q 0.
Relatively prime numbers have no common
factors other than 1.
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Decimals that terminate or repeat are
rational numbers.
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Additional Example 1A: Simplifying Fractions
Simplify.
16 16 = 1 • 4 • 4 ;16 is a common
80 = 5 • 4 • 4 factor.
80
16 = 16 ÷ 16 Divide the numerator
80 80 ÷ 16 and denominator by 16.
1
= Remember
5 0 a
=0 for ≠ 0 = 1 for a ≠ 0
a a
7 7 7
= =
8 8 8
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Additional Example 1B: Simplifying Fractions
Simplify.
–18 18 = 2 • 9 ;There are no common
29 29 = 1 • 29 factors.
–18 –18
= 18 and 29 are relatively prime.
29 29
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Additional Example 2: Writing Decimals as Fractions
Write each decimal as a fraction in simplest form.
A. 5.37
37
5.37 = 5 7 is in the hundredths place.
100
B. 0.622
622 2 is in the thousandths
0.622 =
1000 place.
311 Simplify by dividing by the
= common factor 2.
500
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To write a fraction as a decimal, divide the
numerator by the denominator. You can
use long division.
numerator
denominator
denominator numerator
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Additional Example 3A: Writing Fractions as
Decimals
Write the fraction as a decimal.
11 1 .2
9 9 11 .0
–9 The pattern repeats.
20
–1 8 Writing Math
2 A repeating decimal can be written
with a bar over the digits_that
repeat. So 1.2222… = 1.2.
11
The fraction is equivalent to the decimal 1.2.
9
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Additional Example 3B: Writing Fractions as
Decimals
Write the fraction as a decimal.
7 0.3 5 This is a terminating decimal.
20 20 7.0 0
–0
70
–6 0
1 00
–1 0 0
0 The remainder is 0.
7
The fraction is equivalent to the decimal 0.35.
20
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Lesson Quizzes
Standard Lesson Quiz
Lesson Quiz for Student Response Systems
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Lesson Quiz: Part I
Simplify.
18 3 15 5
1. 2.
42 7 21 7
Write each decimal as a fraction in
simplest form.
27 5
3. 0.27 4. –0.625 –
100 8
13
5. Write as a decimal 2.16
6
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Lesson Quiz: Part II
6. Tommy had 13 hits in 40 at bats for
his baseball team. What is his batting
average? (Batting average is the
number of hits divided by the number
of at bats, expressed as a decimal.)
0.325
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Lesson Quiz for Student Response Systems
1. Simplify 16 .
28
A. 3 C. 5
7 7
B. 4 D. 6
7 7
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Lesson Quiz for Student Response Systems
2. Simplify 24 .
30
A. 4 C. 6
6 5
B. 4 D. 5
5 4
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Lesson Quiz for Student Response Systems
3. Which of the following represents the given
decimal as a fraction in simplest form? 0.43
A. 43 C. 43
100
10
B. 100 D. 43
43 1000
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Lesson Quiz for Student Response Systems
4. Which of the following represents the
given decimal as a fraction in simplest form
–0.875
A. – 5 C. –7
7 8
B. –4 D. – 9
5 10
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Lesson Quiz for Student Response Systems
5. Which of the following represents the given
fraction as a decimal?
51
9
A. 4.3
B. 4.6
C. 5.6
D. 6.5
