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Fractions and Decimals

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What this worksheet covers

Grade: Grade 5 (Elementary School)
Topic: Properties of Fractions
Worksheet: Fractions and Decimals

Rewriting a decimal as a fraction and a fraction as a decimal is the Calculation here. A decimal is turned into a fraction over ten or a hundred and then simplified, and a fraction has its numerator divided by its denominator to give a terminating decimal. The course of the rewriting is shown on one line, and only the final form goes into the answer box.

Turning a fraction into a decimal, the direction gets taken wrongly and the denominator is divided by the numerator. A fraction whose numerator is smaller than its denominator must give a decimal below 1. An answer above 1 has the division the wrong way round.

Once Fractions and Decimals are seen as two dresses of the same number, a size can be compared in either form. Calculation that begins from finding a common denominator waits in the next unit, Adding Fractions (Unlike Denominators).

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Problems and answers on this worksheet

These are the problems in “Properties of Fractions”, shown with their answers.

(1)There was 5/6m of rope. You cut off 0.25m. How many m are left? Answer □
Answer: 7/12m
(2)You have 3/4m and 0.5m of tape. How many m are there in total? Answer □
Answer: 1 1/4m
(3)You bought 0.6kg and 1/2kg of sugar. How many kg are there in total? Answer □
Answer: 1 1/10kg
(4)You have 0.6m and 1/4m of wire. How many m are there in total? Answer □
Answer: 17/20m
(5)You used 1/4L of paint. Then you used 0.25L more. How many L did you use in total? Answer □
Answer: 1/2L