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How to Make a Decimal into a Fraction for Kids

Decimals and fractions are extremely important mathematical quantities. They are used in everyday life. For example, change is given in decimals, and measurements are given in fractions. Because of this, children should start learning about these concepts at a young age. The challenge is getting them to understand the concepts without the knowledge of decimal multiplication or division. Fortunately, there are simple rules that can be followed for the conversion.

Instructions

- 1
  Ask the students to write down the decimal.
- 2
  Tell the students to separate each number after the decimal with a few spaces. For example, if the number is 4.383, they should write it as "4. 3 8 3."
- 3
  Show the students how to make a fraction out of each of the spaced-out numbers. The first decimal place is divided by 10, the next place is divided by 100 and the next place is divided by 1,000. Show them that the trend is to add a "0" to the denominator to make the next decimal place a fraction. In this case, the number becomes "4. (3/10) (8/100) (3/1000)."
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  Show the students that they can put all of the decimals back together, and use the last denominator to create the entire fraction. In this case, the fraction form is "4 and 383/1,000."

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