Question

How can 1/2 be written in decimal

Answer 1

.5

Explanation:

.5 is the answer because decimals have digits counting by 10's.....if that makes sense. Like whole numbers start with ones then tens, hundereds, thousands and so on. Decimals go 10ths, 100ths, and that goes on. So 1/2 of 10 is 5 another example is .10 in half (half is the same thing as dividing by two.) so you get .5

Im not the best at explaining things lol, but I hope this helps and havea great day!

Answer 2

.5

Explanation:

We need to get the denominator to be a power of 10

1/2 *5/5 = 5/10

5/10 = .5

1/2 = .5

Another approach is to take the numerator and divide by the denominator.

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2 | 1.0000

2 goes into 1 0 times

0.

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2 | 1.0000

2 goes into 10 5 times

0.5

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2 | 1.0000

10

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0

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