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How do you find the decimal notation of a fraction? (My question is "Find the decimal notation of 19/16)

2007-10-24 14:29:16 · 3 answers · asked by kelleidoscope7 1 in Science & Mathematics Mathematics

3 answers

It can be found using an arcane process known as "long division," which is sometimes taught in a place called "elementary school." For example, to find the decimal expansion of 19/16, we would have:

........ 1.1875
16 | 19.0000
...... 16
...... -----
......... 30
......... 16
......... ----
......... 140
......... 128
......... ------
............ 120
............ 112
............ ------
................. 80
................. 80
................. ----
................... 0

So 19/16 = 1.1875

2007-10-24 14:41:20 · answer #1 · answered by Pascal 7 · 0 0

you reduce the fraction until the denominator is one. the numerator then is the decimal notation

19/16=1.1875/1 or just 1.1875

2007-10-24 21:38:38 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0 0

use the calculator. divide 19 by 16 and write down whatever the f*ck that's on the calculator's screen. got it?

2007-10-24 21:36:10 · answer #3 · answered by rod_dollente 5 · 0 1

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