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What is the dividend when dividing 1 by 2?
What is the dividend when dividing 1 by 2?
- 2
- 4
- 1 (correct)
- 0.5
What is the value of the quotient when 1 is divided by 4?
What is the value of the quotient when 1 is divided by 4?
- 1.5
- 0.5
- 4
- 0.25 (correct)
Which statement correctly identifies the nature of the decimal result of 1 divided by 2?
Which statement correctly identifies the nature of the decimal result of 1 divided by 2?
- It is a repeating decimal.
- It is an irrational number.
- It has no remainder. (correct)
- It is a non-terminating decimal.
In the expression 1 ÷ 2 = 0.5, what role does the number 2 play?
In the expression 1 ÷ 2 = 0.5, what role does the number 2 play?
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Which of the following fractions is equivalent to the decimal 0.5?
Which of the following fractions is equivalent to the decimal 0.5?
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Study Notes
Fractions as Division
- A whole can be divided into equal parts represented by fractions.
- Divisor represents the total number of equal parts.
- Quotient represents the value of each individual part.
- When dividing a whole (1) by the number of parts (divisor), the result is the fraction representing the shaded part.
- Dividing 1 by 2 results in a quotient of 0.5, which is equivalent to the fraction 1/2.
- The division process is repeated with a larger number of parts illustrating the concept of fractions as division.
- The resulting decimal can be either terminating (ending) or repeating, depending on the divisor and the number of parts.
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