Question

without actually performing the long division state whether 23/40 is terminating or non terminating

Answer 1

Answer:

23/40, the denominator 40 can be written as 5×2×2×2

the denominator which consists of 5, 2 and both 5 and 2 are the terminating decimals. so, the given fraction is a terminating decimal

Answer 2

Answer:

23÷40 is a non terminating decimal.

because it is in the form of 2^n×5^m

so it is not a terminating decimal.