We are given a table that shows how Eva budgets her weekly allowance. We want to rewrite each decimal as a fraction in simplest form.
Category
Portion
Savings
0.4
Charity
0.15
Shopping
0.45
We will rewrite one decimal at a time. Let's start with the first one.
0.4This number can be read as 4 tenths. This means that we can write it as a fraction with a numerator of 4 and with a denominator of 10. From there we can simplify the fraction by dividing both the numerator and denominator by 2.
Now let's do the same with the portion of money for charity.
0.15
This number can be read as 15 hundredths. This means that we can write it as a fraction with a numerator of 15 and with a denominator of 100. After that, we can simplify the fraction by dividing both the numerator and denominator by 5.
Finally, we will rewrite the portion of money for shopping as a fraction.
0.45
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 will divide both the numerator and denominator by 5.
