Question

Anna has saved $37 of her allowance. She needs $50 to register for a skateboard

Answer 1

Answer:

She has $37 out of $50, which can be written as a fraction, 37/50.

In order to be written as a decimal, then we need something like 1/10, which is 0.1, or 5/100, which is .05.

So, 37/50 = ?/100

The easiest way for me to do this problem is to look at our denominators.  50 x 2 = 100, right?  This means we need to multiply 37 x 2 to get the missing numerator.  37 x 2 = 74.

Now, how do we write 74/100 as a decimal?  .74