We want to write the given fraction as a decimal number.
- 1/9Let's ignore the negative sign for just a moment. Recall that 1 9 means 1÷ 9. Therefore, we will divide the numerator by the denominator. Let's do it!
We can see that the pattern starts to repeat itself after a few steps. This means that the decimal is a repeating decimal. We can write it using bar notation. Remember, the bar goes over the decimal part that repeats itself.
0.111111... = 0.1
Therefore, - 19 written as a decimal is - 0.1.
