How do you make a fraction from the two numbers in an equation? Here's the rule first: The number that is alone on one side of the equation goes on top of your fraction. Look at this problem:
5 = .45 x _
Using the rule, try to solve for the missing number in the equation above. Which number is alone on one side? The number 5 is alone, so it goes on top of the fraction.
5
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Here's another equation:
_ x 8 = 32
Can you make a fraction from the two numbers in the equation above? Just remember that the number that is alone goes on top. The number 32 is alone, so it goes on top.
Try this next equation:
.43 x = 70
Which number goes on top of the fraction? It's 70. Your fraction will look like this:
70
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Now let's complete our fractions. Notice that in the above examples, we wrote the number that goes on top of the fraction. What do we write on the bottom of the fraction?
Look at this equation:
.67 x = 8
You know that the problem above has 67 hundredths and 8. Now, which number goes on top and which goes on the bottom of the fraction? The rule is still the same. The number that is alone on one side of the equation goes on top. To complete the fraction, we write the other number on the bottom. It looks like this:
8
.67
