Fractions+And+Decimals

__Fractions__ By: Osvaldo H.
Nick, and Nicole went to an Italian restaurant and ordered a whole pizza (20 slices). However the restaurant had only 10 slices, and it would take 45 minutes to make more a whole pizza. So they decided to just take the 10 slices. When they got home they didn't know how to share it with their little brother, father, and mother. So their mom came up with an idea. If there’s 10 slices, and if there’s 5 people, then each person could get up to two slices. Also another example would be 32/8. What you need to do is like the last page, find out how many pieces will 8 fit into 32 equally. So lets do the steps together. 8 plus 8 is 16. Then add another 8, which is 24. Then finally add another 8, which would put it at 32, so 8 goes into 32, 4times. Now I'm going to begin to tell you on what to call These numbers that you are dividing by. The dividend is the bigger number, or could also be known as the denominator. The divisor is the smaller number, and the number you are trying to find out fits into the dividend. This could also be known as the Numerator. Now that you’ve learned how to do so, Try a few examples yourself. 1: 40/10 2: 45/9 3: 36/12  Lets see how you do...    So how did you think you did? Lets review… 40/10 Remember, what were trying to find out is how many times 10 (or the Dividend) can fit into 40 (or the Divisor). So lets try it out.10 plus 10 would be 20. Then 20 plus another 10 is 30. Then another 10 would make it 40. What about 45/9? 9 plus 9 would be 18. Then plus 9 again would be 27, add another 9 and you would have 36. Finally, add 9 again to get 45. Lastly, lets try 36/12. 12 plus 12 would be 24. Then adding another 12 would be 3. Now, I will be showing you a way to check if your division is actually correct. Multiplication (or just rapid addition) is the exact opposite of division, and could be used to check your quotient. So lets say um 28/7. Once you get your quotient, which is 4, you could see if your correct with multiplication. So if you multiply the dividend (7) By the quotient (4), and you get the divisor (28) you know you are right.  So now I have taught you everything I have learned about fractions, and decimals. Just remember one thing, in a problem, when ever you see a fraction what they really are trying to tell you is to divide.