Glencoe Math: Course 2, Volume 1
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1. Terminating and Repeating Decimals
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Exercise 29 Page 269

The decimal number 0.34 can be read as 34 hundredths.

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We want to write the given decimal number as a fraction in simplest form. 0.34 To make this easier, we can keep in mind that this number can be read as 34 hundredths. This means that we can write it as a fraction with a numerator of 34 and with a denominator of 100. Then, we can simplify the fraction by dividing both the numerator and denominator by 2.
34/100
34/2/100/2
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