Decimals and Fractions Teacher Resources

In this percent-decimal-fraction worksheet, students complete a table where one component is given and they find the other two missing equivalent figures, a percent, a decimal or a fraction. The problems on this worksheet are at an 8th...

If percents, fractions, and decimals can all mean the same number how do we go from one to another? During this instructional activity, watch how it goes over the basic steps needed to go from one rational number to the next. Both...

Change decimals to percent, fractions to decimals, percentages to fractions, etc. Remember how to do all of these conversions? It gets so confusing. Move the decimal to the right? Make it a fraction over 100? Multiply by? Oh my! So watch...

The instructor demonstrates how to convert a terminating decimal to a fraction. She calculates a base 10 denominator and then reduces the fraction to simplest form.

Writing a fraction is just another way of writing a division problem. Which means all fractions are then division problems. Fractions can be converted into decimal numbers by dividing the numerator by the denominator. Follow along as the...

The instructor demonstrates how to convert a terminating decimal to a fraction. She calculates a base 10 denominator and then reduces the fraction to simplest form.

Pi is not a repeating decimal, although it goes on and on and on forever after the decimal. Why? Because nothing repeats. So what is a repeating decimal? How is a repeating decimal written? Can a fraction be a repeating decimal? Want to...

Young mathematicians represent recorded information in decimal form. In this decimals lesson, learners play a "classroom friendly" basketball game in which pupils take 10 shots. Number of shots made out of 10 is recorded as a fraction...

Explore all things decimal in this thorough series of introduction activities. Including scripting for the teacher and detailed descriptions and examples, the plan begins by reviewing the basics of place value and writing fractions as...

A rational number is a ratio of two integers. Discuss with your class how to convert the rational numbers of repeating decimals to fractions. A good commentary on letting x equal the repeating decimal and multiplying each side of...

Class members come up with a hypothesis on the number of decimal digits in the product of two decimals. Learners work in groups to complete several decimal multiplication problems. The results help groups develop a conjecture on the...

Using a number line can provide students with a concrete representation of the value various numbers hold. Sal plots six different numbers on a number line. He includes whole, decimal, and negative numbers.

Writing a fraction is just another way of writing a division problem. Which means all fractions are then division problems. Fractions can be converted into decimal numbers by doing the division. This fraction can be converted into a...

Reading tenths as phrases (such as three tenths, or five and nine tenths), forth graders write down both fractions and decimal equivalents. There are 10 problems on this page, making it a nifty pop quiz! Assess math learners grasp of...

Find another way to write a fraction. Using long division, the video shows how to convert a fraction into a decimal. Learners use their knowledge of fractions to then set up the division problem. 

Develop your pupils' understanding of fractions and their decimal equivalence using the 12th lesson plan in this series. Scholars learn an alternative to long division that results in converting fractions to decimals that emphasize...

Write fractions an entirely different way. Using the knowledge that fractions are division problems, pupils learn how to convert any fraction to a decimal. The seventh video in a 16-part series covering fractions shows the conversion...

In this math worksheet, students solve 20 division problems and express the remainder as a fraction or decimal fraction. The division involves one digit divisors and 3 or 4 digit dividends. The problems are written horizontally and may...

Practice makes perfect! Skilled mathematicians can practice their skills by converting each fraction into a decimal.

Students examine the Dewey Decimal System and locate books in the nonfiction section. They examine a shelf of books and try to determine how the books are arranged, then watch a short video "Media Mania." Students then match construction...

There are two Khan Academy videos on representing numbers as decimals, percents, and fractions. This one shows students how to represent a fraction as a decimal and a percent. Sal demonstrates the process used to convert the fraction 7/8...