Big Ideas Math: Modeling Real Life, Grade 7
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3. Converting Between Fractions and Decimals
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Exercise 28 Page 65

The decimal number 0.45 can be read as 45 hundredths.

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We want to write the given decimal number as a fraction. 0.45 To make this easier, we can keep in mind that this number can be read as 45 hundredths. This means that we can write it as a fraction with a numerator of 45 and with a denominator of 100. Then, we can simplify the fraction by dividing both the numerator and denominator by 5.

45/100
45/5/100/5
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