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Converting Fractions to Decimals Worksheet

Practice changing fractions to decimals and rounding to the nearest hundredth.
Grades
Grades 5–6, Elementary, Middle School
Pages
1
File type
PDF
Preparation
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Updated Jul 25, 2021

Subject
Math, Decimals, Multiplication and Division, Fractions
Topic
Fractions To Decimals, Division
Resource types
Worksheets & Printables, Worksheets
Preparation
Print ready
Standards
5.NBT.A.4

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What's inside this resource

This worksheet can help your students understand the relationship between fractions and decimals by having them convert fractions to decimals. This is a great way to help them visualize the numbers and see how they are related.

In the classroom

Teaching tips & learning objectives

Learning objectives

  • Understand how division expresses a fraction as a decimal, and how rounding gives an approximate value.

Teaching tips

  • Use the worked example to distinguish the decimal result from its rounded value. Ask students why rounding may change the value slightly.

  • If students round incorrectly, have them mark the hundredths digit and the next digit before deciding whether to round up.

Skills covered

  • Fraction-to-decimal conversion — divide the numerator by the denominator.

  • Decimal place value — identify the hundredths and thousandths digits.

  • Rounding — use the next digit to decide the nearest hundredth.

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Curriculum

Standards, concepts & topics

Standards

  • 5.NBT.A.4 — Use place value understanding to round decimals to any place.

Core concepts

  • Fractions as Decimals

  • Decimal Place Value

  • Rounding to the Nearest Hundredth

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