FORM 1 CHAPTER 4

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DECIMAL and FRACTION
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1. A decimal is a fraction in which the denominator is 10 or a power of 10.

A) Representing Decimals with Diagrams

Exercise: Decimals can be represented with diagrams.
1
10
(1 out of 10)
B) Writing Decimals based on given Diagrams
Exercise:
Write a

decimal to represent the shaded area in the diagram

C) Conversion of Fractions into Decimals and vice versa

Express the following as decimals.
(a) 7
10

(b) 52
100

(c) 138
1 000

Solution

Change the following into fractions with denominators of 10 or powers of 10.

(a) 0.6
(b) 0.55
(c) 0.374
Solution

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2. A fraction can also be converted to a decimal by dividing the numerator by the denominator.
3. Mixed numbers can also be expressed as decimals.
Exercise: Express the following fractions as decimals.
(a) 3
(b) 7 2
4
5

Worked Example: Express the following as decimals.

(a) 1 14
(b) 4 5
100
20
Solution

Worked Example
Express the following decimals as mixed
numbers.
(a) 3. 6

(b) 11. 025

Solution
(a) 3. 6 = 3 + 0. 6
=3+6
10

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=36
10
PLACE VALUE AND DIGIT VALUE IN DECIMALS
A) Place Value and Digit Value
1. Each digit in a decimal has its own place value and digit value.
Look at the decimal 8.235 below.

2. Decimal places are the number of places occupied by the digits after the decimal point.
(a) 0.3
1 decimal place
(b) 0.06 2 decimal places
(c) 3.152 3 decimal places
C) Comparing Two Decimals
Worked Example:
Which is greater? 24.853 or 24.832
24.853 is greater than 24.832.
Exercise: Fill in each box with ' >' or ' <'.

D) Order of Decimals
We can arrange decimals in increasing or decreasing order according to their values.
Exercise: Arrange 7.1, 6.4, 6.83, 6.81 in decreasing order.
Exercise: Arrange 2.7032 , 2.73 and 2.732 in increasing order.

E) Rounding Off Decimals.

The rules for rounding off decimals are as follows;
(a) Look at the digit to the right of the digit that is to be rounded off.
(b) If the digit is more than or equal to 5, add 1 to the digit that is to be rounded off and ignore the rest of
the digits after it.
(c) If the digit is less than 5, maintain the digit that is to be rounded off and ignore the rest of the digits after
it.

FORM 1 CHAPTER 4
DECIMAL and FRACTION
Worked Example: Round off 8.3752 correct to
(a) 1 decimal place
(b) 2 decimal places

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(c) 3 decimal places.

Exercise: Round off the following decimals to the nearest whole numbers.
(a) 8.6168
(b) 30.324
(c) 352.84
ADDITION AND SUBTRACTION OF DECIMALS
A) Addition of Decimals
Exercise: Calculate
(a) 0.382 + 4.264 (b) 5 + 8.8
(b) 34.2 + 26.73 + 9.985
(c) 9.25 + 54 + 17.631
(d) Dewi collected 21.10 litres of latex on Monday, 26 litres on Tuesday and23.906 litres on Wednesday.
Find the total amount of latex collected.
C) Subtraction of Decimal
Exercise: Calculate
(a) 0.85 - 0.35
(b) 83 - 26.421
(c) 57.3 - 35.82 - 2.346
(d) 81 - 24.907 - 7.5
(e) Suziela weighs 52.03 kg and Azman weighs 60.4kg. Find the difference in their body mass.

MULTIPLICATION AND DIVISION OF DECIMALS

A) Multiplication of Decimals
Exercise: Calculate
(a) 0.73 x 0.7
(b) A apple costs RM0.70. The price of a jackfruit is 4.8 times the price of the apple. What is the cost of 5
jackfruits ?
Exercise: Calculate
(a) 1.42 x 10
(b) 6.973 x 100

(c) 0.8 x 100

(d) 0.0032 x 1000

* Similarly, when we multiply a decimal by 0.1, 0.01, 0.001, etc., we move the decimal point to
the left.
Exercise:Calculate
(a) 24.8 x 0.1
(b) 53.62 x 0.01
(c) 21.73 x 0.001

C) Division of Decimals
When a whole number or a decimal is divided by 10, 100, 1 000,... the decimal point is moved 1, 2, 3,,...
places respectively to the left.
Exercise: Calculate
(a) 5 10
(b) 270 1 000

(c) 0.7 10
(e) 231.4 100

(d) 38.46 1 000

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Exercise: Find the value of each of the following.
(a) 38.4 4
(b) 0.22 22

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