How do the answers get written?

Decimals like 0.75, and fractions in simplest form: 0.6 converts to 3/5, not 6/10. The answer key shows the expected form for every problem.

What about fractions like 1/3 that don't convert evenly?

They don't appear. Every fraction on the sheet terminates as a decimal, so each problem has an exact answer. Repeating decimals are a later topic.

5th grade fractions to decimals

5th grade fractions to decimals worksheets

Fifth grade conversions bring in the fractions that need a rewrite first: 3/4 becomes 75/100 before it becomes 0.75, and 0.6 goes back to 6/10 and then simplifies to 3/5. The work is finding the matching power of ten.

Free printable PDF worksheet, aligned to Common Core 5.NF.B.3.

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The kind of problems you'll get

Convert each fraction to a decimal and each decimal to a simplified fraction.

1/4
Answer: 0.25
1/5
Answer: 0.20
0.50
Answer: 1/2

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What's on a 5th grade sheet

The sample sheet above has 12 problems. This sheet is aligned to 5.NF.B.3. The 4th grade sheet is aligned to 4.NF.C.6.

Fractions to decimals. Convert each fraction to a decimal and each decimal to a simplified fraction. 12 problems per page.

Every version prints on US Letter or A4, with its answer key after the problems.

How to teach this

The pivot question for every problem is the same: what's the equivalent fraction out of 10 or 100? For 3/4, multiply top and bottom by 25; for 0.6, start at 6/10 and divide both by 2. Money is a ready-made model: three quarters of a dollar is 75 cents is 0.75.

Watch for: Kids write 1/4 as 0.4, copying the denominator after the point. The decimal comes from an equivalent fraction out of 10 or 100, and 1/4 is 25/100, so 0.25. Kids stop at 6/10 when converting 0.6. That fraction is correct but not finished; simplify to 3/5 when the answer asks for simplest form.

Common questions about 5th grade fractions to decimals

How do the answers get written?: Decimals like 0.75, and fractions in simplest form: 0.6 converts to 3/5, not 6/10. The answer key shows the expected form for every problem.
What about fractions like 1/3 that don't convert evenly?: They don't appear. Every fraction on the sheet terminates as a decimal, so each problem has an exact answer. Repeating decimals are a later topic.

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Aligned to Common Core 5.NF.B.3. Reviewed by the One more sheet team. Content version 240, updated September 2026.

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