Session Six
Connecting Fractions to Decimals
Fraction-Decimal Summary Chart
Halves
Thirds
Fourths
Fifths
Sixths
Sevenths*
Eighths
Ninths
Tenths
Elevenths
1/2
1/3
2/3
1/4
3/4
1/5
2/5
3/5
4/5
1/6
5/6
1/7
2/7
3/7
4/7
5/7
1/8
3/8
5/8
7/8
1/9
2/9
4/9
5/9
7/9
8/9
1/10
3/10
7/10
9/10
1/11
2/11
3/11
4/11
0.5
0.3
0.6
0.25
0.75
0.2
0.4
0.6
0.8
0.16
0.83
0.142857
0.285714
0.428571
0.571428
0.714285
0.125
0.375
0.625
0.875
0.1
0.2
0.4
0.5
0.7
0.8
0.1
0.3
0.7
0.9
0.09
0.18
0.27
0.36
Twelfths
Thirteenths*
Fourteenths*
Fifteenths
Sixteenths
Eightenths
Twentieths
Twenty-fifths
Thirtieths
1/12
5/12
7/12
11/12
1/13
2/13
3/13
4/13
1/14
3/14
5/14
7/14
1/15
2/15
4/15
7/15
1/16
3/16
5/16
7/16
1/18
5/18
7/18
11/18
1/20
3/20
7/20
9/20
1/25
2/25
3/25
4/25
1/13
7/30
11/30
13/30
0.083
0.416
0.583
0.916
0.076923
0.153846
0.230769
0.307692
0.0714285
0.2142857
0.3571428
0.6428571
0.06
0.13
0.26
0.46
0.0625
0.1875
0.3125
0.4375
0.05
0.27
0.38
0.61
0.05
0.15
0.35
0.45
0.04
0.08
0.12
0.16
0.03
0.23
0.36
0.43
* Not included in the participants’ fraction family cards
BLM 35 Handout
Math for Parents: Thinking About Fractions, Decimals, and Percents