Big Ideas Math: Modeling Real Life, Grade 8
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4. Rational Numbers
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Exercise 12 Page 397

Start by writing the given mixed number as a fraction. Then, divide the numerator by the denominator.

3.4

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We want to write the given mixed number as a decimal. 3 49To do so, we will first rewrite it as a fraction.
3 49
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Rewrite 3 49 as 31/9
3 * 9 + 4/9
27 + 4/9
31/9
We found that 3 49 written as a fraction is 31 9. Recall that this means 31Ă· 9. Therefore, we will divide the numerator of this fraction by its denominator. Let's do it!
We found that 319 written as a decimal is 3.4. Since we previously found that 3 49 is equal to 319, we can say that 3 49 written as a decimal is 3.4.