Modified In-School Off-School Approach Modules (MISOSA)

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Distance Education for Elementary Schools

SELF-INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS

COMMON FRACTIONS
AS DECIMALS

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COMMON FRACTIONS AS DECIMALS

Objectives:

Visualize common fraction as decimals.

Write common fraction in decimal form.

Review

Write the fraction and the word name of the shaded parts on your
paper.
_____a.

_____ b.

_____c.

_____ d.

_____e.

Check your answer using the answer key. If your score is 8 to 10, you can
now proceed to this module. If you get 7 correct answers or below, review first the
past lesson.

Study and Learn

Mother baked a pan of pudding. She cut it into 10 equal parts. What part
of the whole is each of the equal parts?

1
10

1
10

1
10

1
10

1
10

1
10

1
10

1
10

1
10

1
10

1
. You can also write it in a
10
1
new way without changing its value. The fraction
can also be written as 0.1.
10
You can write the name of each part as

This number is called decimal. It is a special kind of fraction.

Two parts of the pudding can be written as 0.2; 3 parts is written as
0.3; 4 parts is written as 0.4; and so on.
Notice that you find a dot at the left side of 1 (0.1), 2 (0.2), 3 (0.3), and 4
(0.4). This dot is called decimal point. The decimal point tells that the number is
less than a whole or part of a whole.
2

The expression 0.2 is read as two-tenths 10 .

The expression 0.3 is read as three-tenths
The expression 0.4 is read as four-tenths

3
10
4
10

The digits 2, 3 and 4 are found or written one place after the decimal
point. Therefore, the decimals 0.1, 0.2, 0.3 and 0.4 are called one-place
decimals.
0.5 is a one place decimal. You read it as five-tenths.
How will you read these one-place decimals?
0.6 0.8 0.9 0.7

Write these decimals in fraction form. The first one is done for you.
0.1 =

1
10

0.4 = ____ 0.5 = ____ 0.6 = _____ 0.8 = ____

Try These
A. Express the shaded parts as fractions and as decimals.

_____ 1)

_____ 2)

_____ 3)

_____ 4)

_____ 5)

B. Write in decimal form.

_____ 1) 8 tenths
_____ 2) 9 tenths
_____ 3) 3 tenths

_____ 4) 2 tenths
_____ 5) 6 tenths

How do you identify a decimal number?

Wrap Up

A decimal number is a number with a decimal point. It tells

that the number is less than a whole or part of a whole.

On Your Own
A. Convert the shaded parts into fractions and give the decimal form.

_____ 1)

_____ 2)

_____ 3)

_____ 4)

_____ 5)

B. Give the decimal form.

_____ 1) 5 tenths
_____ 2) 1 tenth
_____ 3) 2 tenths

_____ 4) 4 tenths
_____ 5) 7 tenths

Check your answer with the answer key.

If you get 8 to 10 correct answers, you have mastered the skills in this module
and you may proceed to the next.
If you get 5 to 7 correct answers, review the processes you missed.
If you get 4 correct answers or below, repeat the whole process.