Question

the decimal expansion of rational number 49/40 will terminate after how many places of decimal?

Answer 1

49/40= 1.225
Ans= It will terminate after three places of decimal.

Answer 2

Thank you for asking this question. Here is your answer:

We are given with this fractional number 49/40

To simplify it we will be multiplying the numerator and denominator with 25,

= 49/40 x 25/25

= 49 x 25 / 40 x 25

= 1225 / 1000

So when we divide 1225 by 1000 we will get 1.225

So 1.225 is the answer for this question.