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05Collision of Two Different Worlds Unit

Learn how to write mixed numbers as decimals.

Have students change mixed numbers into

Write 2 3 as a decimal. decimals. Have them separate the natural
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3 3 numbers and the fractions before calculating.
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Write the mixed number as an addition of 2 =2+ Have them change the mixed numbers into
a whole number and a fraction.
Write the fraction as a decimal. = 2 + 0.6 decimals.
Add the whole number to the decimal.
= 2.6 Example: 2 3
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First, separate the natural number 2 and

3 . Write the correct numbers in the blanks. the fraction 3 .
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1 1 15 1 1 12 2 3 2 3
2 52 10 5 55 1100 5 5
a. 1 =1 =1 b. 3 = 3 = 3

Change the fraction into a decimal. Do not

=1 0.5 =3 0.2 change the natural number.

= 1.5 = 3.2 2 3 2 3 2
5 5 2

2 0.6

c. 5 1 = 5 1 = 5 215 d. 7 1 = 7 1 =7 15 Add the decimal to the natural number to
4 54 100 20 250 11000
find the answer.

=5 0.25 =7 0.05 2 0.6 2.6

= 5.25 = 7.05

4 . Write each mixed number as a decimal. 3. Have students use what they have learned
and change mixed numbers into decimals.

a. 4 4 = 4.8 b. 6 7 = 6.14 c. 1 1 = 1.025 4. Have them write mixed numbers as
5 50 40 decimals.

5. Collision of Two Different Worlds 41 4c. Refer to .

Students sometimes have problems with understanding place values of decimals when they are changing

fractions into decimals.

Example: 4c. 1 1 10.25 ( )
40

You can write a fraction with a denominator of 10 as a decimal in the tenths place.

You can write a fraction with a denominator of 100 as a decimal in the hundredths place.

You can write a fraction with a denominator of 1,000 as a decimal in the thousandths place.

1 1 1 1 1 25 So, the denominator is 1,000.
40 40 1,000

So,1 25 1 0.025. The answer is 1.025.
1,000

Have students write the decimal in word form after finding the answer.

1.025 one and twenty - five thousandths 6A Unit 05 067
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