What this lesson shows
1/2 is 0.5, 1/4 is 0.25, 3/4 is 0.75, 1/5 is 0.2, and 1/8 is 0.125. Put fractions and decimals on one number line and order them.
The worked example
The lesson works this one step by step: 3/4. Then your kid tries one like it on paper.
The steps
- Make the bottom 10, 100, or 1000
- Multiply the top by the same
- 3/4 = 75/100 = 0.75
- Order them on one number line
Helping at home
Find what times the bottom makes 10, 100, or 1000, and multiply the top by the same. Then the top is the decimal’s digits, ending in that place. Halves and fifths become tenths, fourths hundredths, and eighths thousandths.
If your kid gets stuck
What times the bottom makes 10, 100, or 1000?
Watch it with Lux
With Lux, this lesson is a narrated video and a printed page your kid works on. Then Lux helps with the same math on their own worksheet, one question at a time.