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Big Ideas Math: Modeling Real Life, Grade 8

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4. Rational Numbers

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Exercise 2 Page 396

Divide the numerator by the denominator.

- 0.2.

Practice makes perfect

We want to write the given fraction as a decimal number. - 2/9 To do so, we will ignore the negative sign for just a moment. Recall that 2 9 means 2÷ 9. Therefore, we will divide the numerator by the denominator. Let's do it!

We found that 29 written as a decimal is 0.2. Therefore, - 29 written as a decimal is - 0.2.

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Try It p.396-397

Self-Assessment for Concepts & Skills p.397-398

Review & Refresh p.399

Concepts, Skills, & Problem Solving p.399-400