So when you turn it into a decimal it has a correct place value say if you have 0.70 as a fraction it would be 70/100 because the fraction is telling you it's hundredths one tip is look at the decimal pretend it's always a 1 then in front of the decimal is all zeros and that is your denominator. Hope this helped ( :
Question 160644: Two cars leave town at the same time going in opposite directions. One travels 55 mph and the other travels 48 mph. In how many hours will they be 206 miles apart? T=2 HOURS THEY WILL BE 206 MILES APART