Answer:
The easiest way to convert a fraction to a decimal is to divide the numerator (the top of the fraction) by the denominator (the bottom of the fraction) by using a calculator. The resulting answer will be the value of the fraction expressed as a decimal number.
Step-by-step explanation:
Since 18 does not have a number that when multiplied by itself equal 18, then it will be a decimal number. You can tell the closest whole number by seeing what is the closest square. In this case we know that 16 is 4 times 4 and the next one would be 5 times 5 to equal 25, so the whole number would be 4.
Now, the easiest way to do this is to get you calculator and take the square root of 18 to get 4.242641. The problem wants it to be to the nearest tenth so 4.2 is your answer. On a number line, if it is in four parts, you will plot it just before the first little line.
Hope this helps! If you are using more small lines in you number line, comment me below and I would be happy to lead you in the right direction.
Answers:
a) 4/5
b) 1/5
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Let's say you start off with $100. If you spend 3/4 of that, then you spend 75 dollars (because 75/100 = 3/4). Think of it like 75 cents = 3 quarters. If you spend 75 dollars out of 100 total, then you have 100-75 = 25 dollars left after the first round of spending.
If you spend 1/5th of what is left, then you spend $5 on the second round leaving 25-5 = 20 dollars left at the end of the day.
Total up what you spend for both rounds: 75+5 = 80, which divides over the original amount 100 to get 80/100 = 8/10 = 4/5
If you had 20 dollars at he end of the day, out of 100 initially, then 20/100 = 2/10 = 1/5 is the fraction of what you have left.
note how 4/5 and 1/5 add to 5/5 = 1.00 = 100%. This is because the amount you spend and the amount you have left over must add to 100% of all the money you started with
