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Revision Notes (Unit 6)

The document provides revision notes on fractions and decimals, covering topics such as multiplying and dividing by decimals, significant figures, recurring decimals, and operations with mixed numbers and fractions. It includes rules for significant figures and rounding, as well as examples for clarity. The notes also explain how to convert fractions to decimals and perform arithmetic operations involving fractions.

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Revision Notes (Unit 6)

The document provides revision notes on fractions and decimals, covering topics such as multiplying and dividing by decimals, significant figures, recurring decimals, and operations with mixed numbers and fractions. It includes rules for significant figures and rounding, as well as examples for clarity. The notes also explain how to convert fractions to decimals and perform arithmetic operations involving fractions.

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Revision Notes

Unit 6

Fractions and decimals

6.1 Multiplying and dividing by decimals

1
*Multiplying by 0.1 is the same as multiplying by 10 or dividing by 10*.

1
* Multiplying by 0.01 is the same as multiplying by 100 or dividing by 100*.

Examples:

54×0.1=54÷10=5.4

456×0.01=456÷100=4.56

1
*Dividing by 0.1 is the same as dividing by 10 or multiplying by 10*.

1
*Dividing by 0.01 is the same as dividing by 100 or multiplying by 100*.

Examples:

62÷0.1=62×10=620

3.5÷0.01=3.5×100=350

6.2 Significant figures

-All non-zero digits are significant. (Example: 125678 contains six-significant figures.)

-All zeros that occur between any two non-zero digits are all significant. (Example, 108.0097
contains seven significant figures.)

-All zeros that are on the right of the decimal point, and followed by non-zero digits are not
significant. (Example, 0.00325 has three significant figures.)
-All zeros that are on the right of the decimal point, not followed by non-zero digits are all
significant. (Example, 20.00 has four significant figures.)

-All zeros that are on the right of the last non-zero digit, after the decimal point, are all significant.
(Example, 0.00537800 has six significant figures.)

Rules for rounding off significant figures

-If the number after rounding off digit is less than 5, exclude all the digits present on the
right side.

(Eg, If you want to round to 1 sf, look at 2nd significant digit. If you want to round to 2 sf, look at
3rd significant digit.)

Example:

7243589 rounded to:

1 s.f. is 7000000.

2 s.f. is 7200000.

3 s.f. is 7240000.

-If the number after rounding off digit is 5 or greater than 5, add 1 to the rounding off digit
and exclude all the digits present on the right side.

Example:

7243589 rounded to:

4 s.f. is 7244000.

5 s.f. is 7243600.

6 s.f. is 7243590.

6.3 Recurring decimals

To convert fractions to decimals, you will need to divide.


If the decimal contains finite number of digits after decimal point comes (does not go on forever,
it is terminating decimal.

1 2 1 9
Example, 2 , 5 , 4 , 6 𝑎𝑟𝑒 𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑚𝑖𝑛𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑑𝑒𝑐𝑖𝑚𝑎𝑙𝑠.

If the decimals go on forever, they are called non-terminating decimals or recurring decimals.

1 2 1 1
Example, 3 , 3 , 6 , 7 𝑎𝑟𝑒 𝑒𝑥𝑎𝑚𝑝𝑙𝑒𝑠 𝑜𝑓 𝑟𝑒𝑐𝑢𝑟𝑟𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑑𝑒𝑐𝑖𝑚𝑎𝑙𝑠.

The recurring digit can be described by putting a dot above.

Example,

Ordering decimals

-Make common denominator

Example,

4 7
𝑜𝑟
5 9

4 × 9 36
=
5 × 9 45

7 × 5 35
=
9 × 5 45

36 35 4 7
𝑖𝑠 𝑙𝑎𝑟𝑔𝑒𝑟 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑛 𝑆𝑜, 𝑖𝑠 𝑙𝑎𝑟𝑔𝑒𝑟 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑛 .
45 45 5 9
-Convert fractions to decimals

4 3
Example, 5 = 0.8, 4 =0.75

4 3
So, 5 𝑖𝑠 𝑙𝑎𝑟𝑔𝑒𝑟 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑛 4.

6.4 Subtracting mixed numbers

-Change mixed numbers to improper fractions

2 3 17 7
(Example, 3 5 − 1 4 = −4
5

98 35
= −
20 20

33
=20

13
=1 20

6.5 Multiplying and dividing fractions

-To multiply a fraction by integer, multiply the numerator by integer.

Example,

5 4 × 5 20 4 1
4× = = =2 =2
8 8 8 8 2

2 5 5 × 6 30
1 ×6= ×6= = = 10
3 3 3 3

Dividing integers by fractions

-Convert ‘÷′ 𝑡𝑜 ′ ×′

-Flip the fraction

-Multiply the numerator by integer

Example,

3 4 6 × 4 24
6÷ =6× = = =8
4 3 3 3

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