3. Converting Between Fractions and Decimals
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Divide the numerator by the denominator.
- 0.7
We want to write the given fraction as a decimal number.
- 7/9
We can see that the pattern starts to repeat itself after a few steps. This means that the decimal is a repeating decimal. We can write it using bar notation. Remember, the bar goes over the decimal part that repeats itself. 0.777777... = 0.7 Therefore, - 79 written as a decimal is - 0.7.