What is the decimal of 1/2

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asked Jul 24, 2023 106k views

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Rockusbacchus · Answer 1 · 2023-07-29T13:03:30+0000

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We need to find the decimal form of
$\boldsymbol{\sf{\displaystyle(1)/(2)}}$ .

But first we need to convert it into a fraction whose

denominator is 10, or 100, or 1,000, etc.

The closest number that's divisible by 2 is 10.

So that's the new denominator of the fraction.

Now we should also multiply the top times the number

that we multiplied the bottom by. See how this works?

$\boldsymbol{\sf{\displaystyle(1*5)/(2*5)}}$ . This yields

$\boldsymbol{\sf{\displaystyle(5)/(10)}}$ . And 5/10 in decimal-form yields

$\boldsymbol{\sf{0.5}}$ .

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