Question

Write each of the following as decimals:

(i) $\frac{8}{100}$
(ii) $\frac{300}{1000}$
(iii) $\frac{18}{1000}$
(iv) $\frac{208}{100}$
(v) $\frac{888}{1000}$

Answer 1

(i) We have 8 hundredths.
Therefore, the decimal is 0.08.

(ii) In its lowest form, the fraction is $\frac{3}{10}$.
We have 3 tenths.
Therefore, the decimal is 0.3.

(iii) We have eighteen thousandths.
Therefore, the decimal is 0.018.

(iv) $\frac{208}{100}=\frac{200}{100}+\frac{8}{100}=2+\frac{8}{100}$
We have 2 and 8 hundredths.
Therefore, the decimal is 2.08.

(v)$\frac{888}{1000}=\frac{800}{1000}+\frac{80}{1000}+\frac{8}{1000}=\frac{8}{10}+\frac{8}{100}+\frac{8}{1000}$
We have 8 tenths, 8 hundredths and 8 thousandths.
Therefore, the decimal is 0.888.