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We can also represent fractions in another form. (Not with a nominator, fraction bar and denominator) We do this, with so called decimal fractions. These are nothing more than a few digits with a comma in a certain place. Whole numbers stand in front of the comma (for example, 1, 2, 3,… , 25,…) the first digit after the comma, ( 25,5 for example) shows the tenth part. This means we have 25 wholes and 5 tenths. The second digit after the comma shows the hundredths (25,54 for example, which means 25 +). The third digit shows the thousandths (25,547 for example, which is 25 +) so on and so forth.

We can also transform normal fractions into decimal fractions. We do this, by either shortening or extending the fraction to tenths, hundredths, thousandths etc.

Example: 

If this procedure does not work or can only be carried out difficulty, we can help ourselves by using division. Examples here to:

= 5 : 16 = 0,3125

A little more difficult (but not much) is the same procedure with the cycles/periods. A definition of periods: Periods are repeated numbers or numerical order, after the comma for example: 0,33333333333… in this case there are no tenths or hundreds but instead, we have ninths and ninety ninths so on and so forth.

Examples of transforming periods:

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