Home > CC2MN > Chapter 2 > Lesson 2.2.2 > Problem 2-54
2-54.
Rewrite the following fractions as decimals and decide if they are terminating or repeating decimals. Show your work and explain how you made your decision.
Divide
by . Do you get a repeating decimal? Since
divided by is , and this does not repeat without end, it is a terminating decimal.
Here is Kelly's work.
Does it look like the decimal will repeat?
See parts (a) and (b).
Repeating.
See parts (a) and (b).