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Decimal 83

Exercise 6.1

1. Read the following decimal fractions.
(a) 134.45 (b) 119.35 (c) 245.69 (d) 263.05

2. Write in decimal form.
(a) One thousand, one hundred, twenty-five point six three

(b) Ninety and nineteen-hundredths
(c) Seventy-six point three zero five

(d) Thirty-four and three tenths
(e) Five hundred fifty-five and fifty-five hundredths

3. Write the following in expanded form.

(a) 259.005 (b) 1335.67 (c) 192.295 (d) 83.403 (e) 625.250

4. Write the following in short form.

4 7 7 5 6
(a) 20 + 3 + + (b) 800 + 90 + 5 + + +
100 1000 10 100 1000

1 2 1 1
(c) 600 + 70 + 3 + + (d) 1000 + 100 + 10 + 1 + +
10 100 10 1000

5. Write the decimals shown in the table.

Hundreds Tens Ones Decimal Tenths Hundredths Thousandths

(a) 0 2 2 . 1 5 0

(b) 3 5 4 . 7 0 9

(c) 6 0 2 . 0 3 5

Conversion of Decimals into Fractions and Vice-Versa

Conversion of Decimals into Fractions
To convert a decimal into fraction, we follow these steps:

Step 1: Take the digits of the number part and decimal part together as the numerator.

Step 2: Write 1 in the denominator followed by as many zeroes as the decimal places.
Step 3: Simplify the fraction if possible.

Let’s learn through examples.