Question

Once you are finished with your practice problems respond to the discussion prompt:

Classify each of the following rational numbers as repeating or terminating decimals.
3/5
1/9
7/10
5/12

Answer 1

terminating

repeating

terminating

repeating

Explanation:

3/5 = 0.6 ; terminating

1/9 = 0.1111... ; repeating

7/10 = 0.7 ; terminating

5/12 = 0.41666666... ; repeating