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Try some yourself Exercise 1.24 continued

9.

Fill in the missing numbers

1 ?
a.
4 20
b.

5
6

?
12

c.

1
2

?
10

d.

9
11

?
88

e.

3
7

?
49

10.

Reduce the following to their lowest terms;

3
a.
9
5
b.
20
7
c.
49
21
d.
35
6
e.
10

11.

Turn the following improper fractions into mixed fractions

9
a.
4
11
b.
3
15
c.
7
21
d.
5
53
e.
12

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Try some yourself Exercise 1.24 continued

12.

Turn the following into improper fractions.

a.
b.
c.
d.
e.

13.

Work out the following;

a.

b.
c.

d.

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3
4
7
2
8
11
4
15
5
9
8
3
13
8

3 2

4 3
3
2
3 2
4
3
3 2

4 3
3
2
3 2
4
3

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4.2: Decimals, Percentages and Ratios

As we mentioned in Section 1, the decimal system we use is based on ten, so that the position
of a digit in a number gives us its value.
3
Hundreds
100
100
100

2
Tens

4
Units

10
10

1
1
1
1

324 is three hundreds, two tens and one unit or three hundred and twenty four.
Of interest
DECIMAL comes from decem, the Latin for ten

In the decimal system as we move to the left, each number is ten times bigger and as we
move to the right the number is ten times smaller.
However, in the decimal system we must be able to deal with numbers which are not whole
numbers.
The decimal system uses a decimal point (.) to separate whole numbers from fractions or parts
of numbers.
Example

Four people go out for a pizza but can only afford to buy three pizzas. Obviously
each person cannot have a whole pizza. How much will each person get?
Try dividing 3 by 4 on a calculator. The answer should be;

0.75
This shows that the answer is not a whole number but lies somewhere between zero
(0) and one (1). The decimal point indicates that the answer shows decimal parts of a
whole number.

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