FRI MARCH 4 = Decimals and Fractions

We are studying the amazing and important connections between decimals and fractions.  They are both representations of real numbers, some rational and can be written as a fractions, while others are irrational and cannot be written in a quotient format.  

For your assignment, you will be asked to explore these connections.

1   Take a sheet of every fraction with a denominator smaller than
      13 and find their decimal equivalent using a calculator.  Be 
      accurate and careful.  A calculator is not the end all and be all 
      of mathematics.  You have to know how to read them.  

      Here is a copy of the sheet you will need.

DECIMAL _ FRACTION TABLE

2     Take your sheet of base 10 paper.  In the spaces provided draw

            . . . the number of squares for each fraction.
                         (1/2 = 0.50,  so 50 squares colored)

                         (1/4 = 0.25, so 25 squares colored)

           . . . Divide each large 100 square into the desired fraction.
                         (1/2, so 2 sections with 1 shaded,  it should 

                                       correspond to the 50 already colored.)

                                       (1/4, so 4 sections with 1 shaded, 1 should 

                                        correspond to the 25 already colored.)

HERE IS A COPY OF AN EXAMPLE OF HOW YOU COULD DO IT

SAMPLE DRAWINGS