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CONVERTING FRACTIONS TO
DECIMALS
WE SAID THAT THE LINE
SEPARATING THE NUMERATOR
AND THE DENOMINATOR OF A
FRACTION INDICATES
DIVISION. THE DENOMINATOR
IS THE DIVISOR AND THE
NUMERATOR IS THE DIVIDEND.
CONVERTING DECIMALS TO
FRACTIONS
WE PREVIOUSLY DEFINED
DECIMALS AS PARTS OF UNITS
DIVIDED INTO ANY POWER OF
10. WE SAID THAT IF A UNIT IS
DIVIDED INTO 10 PARTS, WE
HAVE TENTHS; INTO 100 PARTS,
WE HAVE HUNDREDTHS; AND SO
ON.
THEREFORE, TO CHANGE
DECIMALS TO FRACTIONS, WE
CONVERT A DECIMAL TO A
FRACTION WITH A
DENOMINATOR IN MULTIPLE OF
10 (10,100,1000, etc.) AND REDUCE
THE SAID FRACTION TO LOWEST
TERMS.
ADDITIONS, SUBTRACTION,
MULTIPLICATION AND DIVISION
ADDITION LINE UP THE DECIMALS, PAD
WITH ZEROS THEN ADD NORMALLY.
SUBTRACTION FOLLOW THE SOME
METHOD THEN SUBTRACT
MULTIPLICATION FOLLOW THE SAME
METHOD
DIVISON IF THE DIVISOR IS NOT A
WHOLE NUMBER,MOVE DECIMAL POINT
TO RIGHT TO MAKE IT A WHOLE NUMBER
AND MOVE DECIMAL POINT IN DIVIDEND
THE SAME NUMBER OF PLACES.
ROUNDING
TO TENTHS MEANS TO
LEAVES ONE NUMBER
AFTER THE DECIMAL POINT.
ROUDING TO HUNDREDTHS
MEANS TO LEAVE TWO
NUMBERS AFTER THE
DECIMAL POINT.
RATIONAL &
PROPORTION
THE MEANING OF RATIO
QUANTITIVE RELATION
BETWEEN TWO AMOUNTS
SHOWING THE NUMBER OF
TIMES ONE VALUE
CONTAINS OR IS
CONTAINED WITHIN THE
BAR.
PROPORTION
REFERS TO THE EQUALITY
BETWEEN RATIOS
PROPORTIONS ARE OF
THREE TYPES;
DIRECT PROPORTION
INDIRECT/INVERSE
PROPORATION
PARTITIVE PROPORTION
PROPORTIONS ARE OF
THREE TYPES;
DIRECT PROPORTION – A NUMBER IS
DIRECTLY PROPORTIONATE TO ANOTHER
WHEN AS ONE VALUE INCREASE, SO
DOES THE OTHER.
TWO VALUES X AND Y ARE DIRECTLY
PROPORTIONAL TO EACH OTHER WHEN X
AND Y WILL EITHER INCREASE OR
DECREASE TOGETHER, SUCH THAT
WHEN ONE INCREASE, THE OTHER
INCREASES OR WHEN ONE DECREASES,
THE OTHER DECREASES AS WELL.
PROPORTIONS ARE OF THREE
TYPES;
INDIRECT/INVERSE PROPORTION
– A NUMBER IS INDIRECTLY
PROPORTIONATE TO ANOTHER
WHEN AS ONE VALUE INCREASES,
THE OTHER DECREASES.
TWO VALUES X AND Y ARE
INVERSELY PROPORTIONAL TO
EACH OTHER SUCH THAT IF X
INCREASES, Y DECREASES OR IF X
DECREASES, Y INCREASES.
PROPORTIONS ARE OF THREE
TYPES;
PARTITIVE PROPORTION –
INVOLVES IDENTIFYING
PARTS OF A WHOLE BASED
ON A GIVEN RATIO OF
THESE PARTS.
THE MEANING OF PERCENT
A PERCENTAGE IS A
NUMBER OF RATIO
EXPRESSED AS FRACTION
OF 100.
CHANGING PERCENT TO
DECIMALS
EASIEST DIVIDE BY 100: THE
SIMPLIEST WAY TO CONVERT A
PERCENTAGE TO A DECIMAL IS
TO DIVIDE THE NUMBER (IN
PERCENTAGE FORMAT) BY 100.
TO CONVERT PERCENT TO
DECIMALS, WE MOVE THE
DECIMALS POINT TWO PLACES.
TO THE LEFT DIVIDING BY 100.
CHANGING PERCENT TO
COMMON FRACTION
TO CONVERT PERCENT TO
COMMON FRACTION, WE
FIRST CHANGE PERCENT TO
DECIMALS, THEN CHANGE
THE DECIMAL TO FRACTION
REDUCE TO LOWEST TERMS.
DECIMAL TO PERCENT
REMEMBER THAT A PERCENT IS
REALLY JUST A SPECIAL WAY OF
EXPRESSING A FRACTION AS A
NUMBER OUT OF 100 .
TO CONVERT A FRACTION TO A
PERCENT, FIRST DIVIDE THE
NUMERATOR BY THE DENOMINATOR.
THEN MULTIPLY THE DECIMAL
BY 100 .
4÷8=0.5
0.5×100=50
EXAMPLE
Write as a percent.
= 0.08
0.08 x 100 = 8
THEREFORE, THE FRACTION IS
EQUIVALENT TO 8%
Look
at the image below, it shows that the fraction
is same as 8 out of 100% , that is, 8%
.
EXAMPLE 2:
Write as a percent. ( Divide 7 by 4 )