Bellwork #8At most companies, employees are paid extra for

working holidays or working overtime. Generally they are paid what is called time-and-a-half. It means their basic pay rate is multiplied by 1½. Calculate the time-and-a-half pay rate for each of the regular pay rates

listed below.

1) $8 2) $17 3) $12.50 4) $9.50 5) $10

Unit 1.7 NotesConverting Decimals to Fractions and

Fractions to Decimals

Converting Decimals to Fractions

Three Steps:

STEP 1: Write your decimal over 1 (like you would with a whole number).

STEP 2: Multiply both top and bottom by 10 for every number after the decimal point. (For example, if there are two numbers after the decimal point, then use 100, if there are three then use 1000, etc.)

STEP 3: Simplify the fraction.

Practice

Convert the following decimals to fractions.

1) .3 2) .98 3) .654 4) .875 5) .64

Answers: 3/10; 49/50; 327/500; 7/8; 16/25

Converting Fractions to Decimals

Note: Fractions are another way of writing division. The fraction bar simply means divide.

So to write a fraction as a decimal, simply divide the numerator by the denominator.

18 18

DividendDivisor

Converting Fractions to Decimals

So to write a fraction as a decimal, simply divide the numerator by the denominator.

18 1.000

8 20 16 40 40 0

8

Remainder of 0

0.125

Practice

Convert the following fractions to decimals.

1) 1/4 2) 2/3 3) 4/5 4) 5/8

Answers: 0.25; 0.667; 0.8; 0.625