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3b-Switching Between Fractions and Decimals
Use your calculator only to check your answer.
The perimeter of the room is given in fraction form. Convert the fractions into decimal
1. 40½
2. 31¾
3. 61⅝
4. 56⅔
5.
4
5
6.
7
4
7.
19
9
8.
212
100
9.
82
5
10.
6
12
15
11.
5
8
12.
3
14
20
13. Which questions had repeating decimals? When does the fraction cause repeating decimals?
14. Rational numbers are those numbers that can be written as fractions. Thus the numbers in
problems #1- #12 are all rational numbers. Which of the following decimals are not rational
numbers?
A. 0.121212...
F. 2.718281828459045...
B. 3.444554445544455...
G. 1.4142643...
C. 0.5
H. 1.4141414...
D. 0.567
I. 6.55789789789...
E. 3.141592...