EQUIVALENT DECIMAL FRACTION -
5
a) 5 tenths = ------- = 0.5
10
50
b) 50 hundredths = -------- = 0.50
100
500
c) 500 thousandths = --------- = 0.500
1000
Thus, we can rename a decimal fraction by writing as many zeroes after the last digit in a decimal number.
0.5 = 0.50 = 0.500 These are known as equivalent decimal fractions.
70
d) 70 hundredths = --------- = 0.70
100
800
e) 800 thousandths = --------- = 0.800
1000
Tenths can be renamed as hundredths as well as thousandths: 0.1= 0.10 = 0.100 and Hundredths can be renamed as thousandths : 0.45 = 0.450
· Also, if a decimal fraction ends with zero, the zero may be omitted without changing the value.
Examples: 0.200 = 0.2 ; 20.080 = 20.08 ; 56.120 = 56.12