Stage 3 · Fractions & Decimals

3.7.1 Fraction to Decimal: Divide the Top by the Bottom

3.7 Converting Among Fractions, Decimals, and Percentages: Three Faces of One Number

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3.7.1 Fraction to Decimal: Divide the Top by the Bottom

Core idea

That bar in a fraction was always a division sign, so 3/4 is just 3 ÷ 4 = 0.75.

Module goal. Connect the three representations, introduce percentages as "how many per hundred," and pave the way directly into the next stage on ratios and percentages.

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