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Can someone show me the steps on how to turn 1/6 (and so on) to a decimal. Please and thank you :D <3

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The answer is 0.166
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Answer:

your answer is 0.166 ( it's repeating make sure to have a vinculum that shows 6 is going on for infinity).

Explanation:

To convert a fraction to a decimal you have to use division. Fractions can be converted into decimals by division. This method works for converting any fraction to a decimal: You simple have to Divide the numerator by the denominator.

Ex. 2/5 as a decimal would be 0.4

Since you can't divide 5 by 2 you would need to put a 0 down by the 2 making it 20. (btw you can put down as many 0 as needed to get the answer. Say we couldn't get to 20 with 5 you would need to put down another 0 making it 200 but we can so you wouldn't need to do that). Make sure you add the decimal point before the 0. In this case you would write the 0 for 2/5 because that wouldn't work then, you would add the decimal point (.) after the 2 and before the 0 (2.0) but you would write that above it so it would be:

0.

5|20

then you would write the 4:

0.4 because 5 x 4 gets 20.

In this case imagine a box but this box isn't filled in it looks like this
√(x) so the 1 would be inside and the 6 would be outside the checkmark shape.

Then you would divide

How many times can you go close to or get to 6 without getting to a greater number.

I know this is alot but I think there might be a more simpler version of this somewhere on the internet or something.

If not this is mainly 6th grade math so you might be able to find it on a pdf of 6th math and then you can practice and ask someone if your answers are correct. I don't know that's what I do when I don't really get something the first time.

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