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Big Ideas Math: Modeling Real Life, Grade 8

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4. Rational Numbers

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Exercise 16 Page 399

Divide the numerator by the denominator.

0.3125

Practice makes perfect

We know that your hair is 5 16 inch long and we want to write this length as a decimal. To do so, recall that 5 16 means 5÷ 16. Therefore, we will divide the numerator by the denominator. Let's do it!

We found that 516 written as a decimal is 0.3125.

Subchapter links

Try It p.396-397

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

Review & Refresh p.399

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