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3. Complete the table below.

Fraction 2 7 11 28 123
10 100 1000 100 1000

Decimal 0.2 0.07 0.011 0.28 0.123
Zero point
Read as
two

Converting Fractions into Decimals

To convert a given fraction into decimal, we follow these steps:
Step 1: Write the numerator of the given fraction and remove the denominator.
Step 2: Count as many places in numerator from the right as many zeros given in the

denominator and place the decimal.

For example, 3 = 03.; 53 = 053.; 297 = 0 297.
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Converting Decimals into Fractions

To convert a given decimal into fraction, we follow these steps:
Step 1: Write the given decimal without the decimal point as the numerator.

Step 2: In the denominator put as many zeros to the right of 1 as the number of digits after the
decimal point.

25 272 5
For example, 2.5 = ; 2.72 = ; 0.005 = and so on.
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Converting Mixed Fractions into Decimal Numbers

Consider the mixed fraction 2 3 .
10

= 2 3 = 2.3
10

1 + 1 + 3

10
We write it in decimal form as ‘2.3’. We read it as ‘two point three’.
Now,

= 3 43
1 + 1 + 1 + 43 100
100 = 3.43