Question

06 Convert the following baction into decimale using
the long division method 7/8​

Answer 1

Step-by-step explanation:

Explanation:

As the only prime factor of denominator is 2, in fact there are three twos (2×2×2) we can can convert the fraction 78 by multiplying numerator and denominator by 5×5×5.

Hence, 78=7×5×5×58×5×5×5=8751000=0.875

(This is always possible if only prime factors of denominator are 2's and 5's - just multiply by as many 5's and 2's).