A RATIO SCALE, DECIMALS, AND NUMBER BASES

decimal

based on ten, as our number system

place value

the digits in a numeral have certain values depending upon their place in the numeral

absolute value

the distance between 0 and any number

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0.333

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0.5

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0.6

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0.75

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0.833

Convert the following decimal to a common fraction. Reduce to lowest terms 0.5

1/2

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1/5

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3/100

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3/4

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decimal fraction

a number less than 1, represented in place value notation using a decimal point

repeating decimal

has a pattern of numbers that repeat

terminating decimal

has no remainder, or has zero as the last place order