Converting Fractions to Decimals


Change these fractions to terminating decimals
(Hint: fraction bars can be thought of as division signs)

Change these fractions to repeating decimals

  Application/Problem solving
Billy is playing baseball this summer.
He has 6 hits in 16 at bats (as a
fraction that is 6/16). What is Billy’s
batting average? Express your answer
as a decimal.

                                                                                                                       
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