Fractions are representations of division. The line in a fraction can be read as "divided by."
3/4 = 3 divided by 4
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Decimals and fractions are ways of representing numbers. Division is an arithmetic operation between two numbers (and the inverse of the multiplication operation). One form of writing the division operation looks like a fraction.
The line in a fraction can be read as "divided by." Completing the division leads to the equivalent decimal. 4/5 = four divided by five = 0.8
Indeed--fractions are merely an alternative way to represent division. example: 1/2 ----> one divided by two ----> 0.5 ;)
They are related because you can comvert decimals into fractions,and fractions into decimals.
Because fractions require division. 1/2 is the same as one divided by two.