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60 CHAPTER 3 Decimals
To determine what power of 10 you will need, count the number of digits
behind each decimal point.
1:28 Two digits behind the decimal point
4:6 One digit behind the decimal point
1:28 100 128 32
2
You will need to use 10 ¼ 100. ¼ ¼
4:6 100 460 115
Examples
7:1 7:1 1000 7100 1420
¼ ¼ ¼
2:285 2:285 1000 2285 457
6 6 100 600 300
¼ ¼ ¼
3:14 3:14 100 314 157
Practice
4:58
1: ¼
2:15
3:6
2: ¼
18:11
2:123
3: ¼
5:6
8
4: ¼
2:4
6:25
5: ¼
5
0:31
6: ¼
1:2
0:423
7: ¼
0:6
