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What is 1/4 to as a fraction?

What is 1/4 to as a fraction?

Answer: The fractions equivalent to 1/4 are 2/8, 3/12, 4/16, etc. Equivalent fractions have the same value in their reduced form. Explanation: Equivalent fractions can be written by multiplying or dividing both the numerator and the denominator by the same number.

How do you work out 1/5 as a fraction?

To find one fifth of a number we divide the number by five.

What is the fraction 4/5 equivalent to?

Decimal and Fraction Conversion Chart

Fraction Equivalent Fractions
4/5 8/10 16/20
1/6 2/12 4/24
5/6 10/12 20/24
1/7 2/14 4/28

What is the sum of unit fractions with 1 as the numerator?

A fraction with 1 as its numerator is called a unit fraction, and 1 can be decomposed into a sum of unit fractions. A simple decomposition is as follows. 1 = 1 2 + 1 3 + 1 6. Multiplying both sides by 6, we get 6 = 3 + 2 + 1, making it clear that the equation holds.

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What is the common denominator of 1/4 1/5 and 10?

There is a much better solution that can end up saving you money. y=1/4+1/5+1/10 (For a bit of a change in the way this problem is ordinarily done, convert the fractions to decimal numbers and solve) Finding the common denominator of 4, 5 and 10 would be 20. So convert 1/4 to 5/20, 1/5 to 4/20 and finally 1/10 to 2/20.

What are the different ways of adding and subtracting fractions?

1 Addition: Unlike adding and subtracting integers such as 2 and 8, fractions require a common denominator to undergo these operations. 2 Subtraction: Fraction subtraction is essentially the same as fraction addition. 3 Multiplication: Multiplying fractions is fairly straightforward.

How do you round fractions to the closest 1/2?

For example, the standard practice for estimating sums and differences of fractions for grammar school students seems to be rounding to the closest 1/2 by rounding to 0, 1/2 or 1. This works well through a calculator such as if you are adding 3/8 + 11/16. 3/8 is closest to 1/2 and 11/16 is less than 3/4 so it is also closest to 1/2.