Question

what is the decimal form of 5/16​

Answer 1

Answer:

0.3125

Step-by-step explanation:

For the decimal form of a fraction, we need to make the fraction in the power of 10 such as 10,100,1000 etc.

Denominator of fraction is 16.

The least power of 10 which is divisible by 16 is 10000.

So we will make 5/16 equal to a fraction with denominator 10000.

10000/16=625

Multiply numerator also by 625.

5*625=3125

Therefore, our final fraction becomes 3125/10000.

Now simply put the decimal after the no. of zeroes( which is 4) and we get our answer as

0.3125 Ans.