IWCF UK Branch Distance Learning Programme DRILLING CALCULATIONS

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IWCF UK Branch Distance Learning Programme DRILLING CALCULATIONS

Section 4:

Fractions, Decimals, Percentages and

Ratios

Up to now we have dealt only with whole numbers. We must also be able to work with
numbers which are parts of whole numbers. This section covers the use of fractions and
decimals. We will also discuss percentages and the use of ratios in this section.

Objectives
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To discuss the need to use numbers less than or parts of whole numbers.
To explain the methods of notation.
To explain the system of representing numbers using fractions.
To explain the decimal system of representation.
To explain what percentages mean.
To explain what ratio means.

Try these first . . .Exercise 1.17

1.

Complete the following table

Fraction
Decimal
3
4

Percentage

0.6
84%
0.35
5
8
2.

Place these numbers in order of size, starting with the smallest:

0.19 0.9
0.091 0.109

3.

Place these fractions in order of size, starting with the smallest:

1
1
5
5
2
3
12
6

4.

Write these numbers in order of size, starting with the smallest:

1.01 1.001 1.101 1.11

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