Algebra 1: Common Core (15th Edition)

Published by Prentice Hall
ISBN 10: 0133281140
ISBN 13: 978-0-13328-114-9

Skills Handbook - Fractions and Decimals - Exercises - Page 802: 3

Answer

.2

Work Step by Step

It is easier to write a decimal if we can put the fraction in terms of 100. Thus, we multiply the fraction by 5/5 to get that it equals 20/100. Whenever a number is divided by 100, we moved the decimal place two to the left, thus changing 20.0 to .2.
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