Fractions to decimals

Fractions to decimals

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This task is about converting fractions to decimal numbers.

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a)  Writing the following fractions as decimals.
     \(7 \over 10\)
     \(11 \over 100\)
     \(27 \over 100\)
     \(5 \over 100\)
     1\(6 \over 10\)

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b)  Explain how to convert the fraction \(1 \over 10\) to a decimal.
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This task can be completed with pencil and paper or ONLINE with some auto-marking.
Level:
4
Curriculum info: 
Maths, Number and Algebra, Number Knowledge
Key Competencies: 
Using language, symbols, and texts
Keywords: 
decimals, fractions
Description of task: 
Students convert fractions to decimals and explain how to do it.
Answers/responses: 
  

Y9 (11/1996)
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v)		 0.7
0.11
0.27
0.05
1.6		 easy
moderate
moderate
moderate
moderate
b)   Some such explanation as the following:
To convert a fraction to a decimal divide the numerator by the denominator,
or 1/10  means the same as 0.1,
or 1/10  is equivalent to 10%.		 difficult