Question

8. Without dividing the numerator by the denominator, how do you know if 14/28 is a terminating or a non-terminating decimal?

Answer 1

terminating

Explanation:

A fraction is a terminating decimal if the prime factors of the denominator of the fraction in its lowest form only contain 2s and/or 5s or no prime factors at all. This is the case here, which means that our answer is as follows:

14/28 = terminating