Question

without actually performing the long division state whether the following rational number will have a terminating decimal expansion.
i)23/8
ii) 125/441​

Answer 1

Answer:

(i) Terminating

(ii) Non Terminating

Step-by-step explanation:

i) denomintor 8 can be written as 2×2×2=2to the power 3.

ii) denominator 441 cannot be written as either 2 to the power or 5 to the power