Math Drills

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 7/10m of wire. You cut off 0.5m. How many m are left? Answer □
Answer: 1/5m
(2)There was 4/5m of tape. You cut off 0.5m. How many m are left? Answer □
Answer: 3/10m
(3)There was 1/2kg of flour. You bought 0.4kg more. How many kg of flour are there in total? Answer □
Answer: 9/10kg
(4)You cut 2/5m of ribbon. Then you cut 0.5m more. How many m did you cut in total? Answer □
Answer: 9/10m
(5)There was 7/8L of paint. You used 0.5L. How many L are left? Answer □
Answer: 3/8L