RENAMING DECIMAL
NUMBERS TO
FRACTIONS WHOSE
D E N O M I N AT O R S A R E
FA C T O R S O F 1 0 T O 1 0 0
EXAMPLE:
Mang timoteo cut a bamboo pole into 10 equal parts and made them into 10 pieces of
coin bank. He sold 0.4 of the coin banks. What fraction part of the coin was sold?
How do you rename a decimal number to a fraction? You can rename a decimal number
to a fraction by writing it as a fraction with 10 or 100 as a denominator. Think of 0.4 to be
renamed as a fraction?
Study this
6 pieces were left 4 pieces were sold
Whole
4
So, 4 pieces were sold out of 10 pieces. In fractional form, 0.4 is written as .
10
ACTIVITY
Direction: Rename the following decimal
numbers to fractions.
1.0.2
2.0.45
3.0.56
4.0.07
5.0.08