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0
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7
2
0.72
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7
2
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0.72
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7
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Place values indicate that
0
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7
2
0.72
0
.
7
2
is made up of 0 ones, 7 tenths, 2 hundredths:
However, if we want to convert
0
.
7
2
0.72
0
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7
2
to fraction notation, it is somewhat more helpful to see it as being made up of 0 ones, 72 hundredths:
We can write
0
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7
2
=
1
8
2
5
0.72 = \dfrac{18}{25}
0
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7
2
=
2
5
1
8
, meaning 72 hundredths