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5
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5
5.5
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5.5
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5
Place values indicate that
5
.
5
5.5
5
.
5
is made up of 5 ones, 5 tenths:
However, if we want to convert
5
.
5
5.5
5
.
5
to fraction notation, it is somewhat more helpful to see it as being made up of 5 ones, 5 tenths:
We can write
5
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5
=
5
1
2
5.5 = 5\dfrac{1}{2}
5
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5
=
5
2
1
, meaning five and 5 tenths