6.3.1 Conversion of Fractions to Decimals
We are familiar with fraction as a part of a whole. The place value of the decin
ligits of a number are tenths hundredths thousandths
and so on
100
1000
If the denominator of a fraction is any of 10,10²,10'... we can express then
ecimals. Consider the example of distributing a box of 10 pencils to ten students.
6
ortion of pencils given to 6 students will be which can be expressed as 0.6.
10
If the denominator of a fraction is any number that can be made as powers
sing the concept of equivalent fractions, then it can also be expressed as dec
onsider the example of sharing 5 peanut cakes among five friends. The share
1
erson is
To represent this fraction as a decimal number, we first conve
5
1
nominator into 10. This can be done by writing the equivalent fraction of
5
2
Now the decimal representation of is 0.2
10
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Tu eynress the denominators of all fractions as powers of 10?
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Photosynthesis is the process by which plants and some microorganisms make substances like carbohydrates. It is an endothermic (takes in heat) chemical process that uses sunlight to turn carbon dioxide into sugars. The sugars are used by the cell as energy, and to build other kinds of molecules.
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Photosynthesis is the process by which plants and some microorganisms make substances like carbohydrates. It is an endothermic (takes in heat) chemical process that uses sunlight to turn carbon dioxide into sugars. The sugars are used by the cell as energy, and to build other kinds of molecules.
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