Big Ideas Math: Modeling Real Life, Grade 7
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3. Converting Between Fractions and Decimals
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Exercise 18 Page 65

- 0.425

Practice makes perfect

We want to write the given fraction as a decimal number. - 17/40 Let's ignore the negative sign for just a moment. Recall that 17 40 means 17÷ 40. Therefore, we will divide the numerator by the denominator. Let's do it!

$16 \div 40$

We found that 1740 written as a decimal is 0.425. Therefore, - 1740 written as a decimal is - 0.425.