How Do You Go About Converting Between Fractions and Decimals in Measures? Throughout our studies in decimal and fraction conversions, we learned different ways through which we can go about it. However, in our daily lives, when we deal with measurements, we don't write 4.2 kg of wheat. But, we write both kilograms and grams; to ensure that we understand the situation well. So, let's discuss how we can convert fractions and decimals when dealing with measurements. 1. For instance, you have 134/20 kg of cement. Let us convert them. 2. The first step is to convert the fraction in grams, which will help us later in the calculation. The answer is 134000/20 grams. If we cut zeros from both numerator and denominator; we can get an answer of 13400/2 or 6700 grams. 3. Now, this becomes easier. If we separate 6000 + 700, we can see that 6000 means 6kgs, and 700 is in grams. 4. The answer becomes 6kg and 700 grams. Keep in mind that for these calculations to work, you must know the conversion formula of different measurement units.

This section forces students to think about real world measurement problems. Everything is presented in a word problem form. I would start each problem by identifying the unit of measure that you are working with. After that I would look for the simple conversion like years to days or inches to feet. These problems with also ask you to perform a basic math operation in most cases addition or multiplication. These worksheets explain how to add and subtract fractions of measurement units, such as hours and minutes or miles and feet. Answers may be in fraction or decimal form.