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Glencoe Math: Course 2, Volume 1 View details

1. Terminating and Repeating Decimals

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Exercise 1 Page 266

Expand the numerator and the denominator of the fraction to write it as a decimal.

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Practice makes perfect

We want to write the given fraction as a decimal number. 2/5 To do so, we can expand the numerator and the denominator of the fraction to write it as a decimal. Let's do it!

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ExpandFrac

a/b=a * 20/b * 20

2* 20/5* 20

Multiply

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CalcQuot

Calculate quotient

0.4

We found that 25 written as a decimal is 0.4.