1. Convert 3/8
into terminating decimal numbers.
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1
A terminating decimal is a decimal that ends. It's a decimal with a finite number of digits. 3/8 has terminating decimal expansion because when we divide it we get 0.375.
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Step-by-step explanation:
3
8
=
0.375
Explanation:
There are 2 ways to convert fractions to decimals.
Make an equivalent fraction with a power of 10 as the denominator.
This can only be done with denominators such as:
2, 4, 5, 8, 10, 16, 20, 25, 40, 50 etc., which are factors of
10
,
100
,
1
,
000
,
10
,
000
and so on.
but not with denominators which are multiples of 3, 7, 11 etc.
3
×
125
8
×
125
=
375
1000
=
0.375
Or divide 3.0000 by 8
0.3
7
5
8 )
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3.0
6
0
4
0
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