Big Ideas Math: Modeling Real Life, Grade 7
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3. Converting Between Fractions and Decimals
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Exercise 27 Page 65

The decimal number - 0.9 can be read as - 9 tenths.

- 9/10

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We want to write the given decimal number as a fraction. - 0.9 To make this easier, we can keep in mind that this number can be read as - 0.9 tenths. This means that we can write it as a fraction with a numerator of - 0.9 and with a denominator of 10. Then, we can simplify the fraction by placing the negative sign before the entire fraction. - 9/10 = - 9/10