Question

The ruler is marked at every 1/16 inch. Do the labeled measurements convert to repeating or a terminating decimals?

Answer 1

the anwser to your question would be a terminating and not repeating decimal

Answer 2

The labeled measurements are terminating decimals.

Explanation:

Any denominator that has prime factors of 2 and 5 only will always be a terminating decimal.

As 16 is a power of 2, it will be terminating.

All the labels too are terminating as all have factors of 2.

`(1)/(16)` itself is 0.0625

Similarly
`(3)/(16)` is 0.1875.

`(1)/(2)` is 0.5.

`(7)/(8)` is 0.875

and
`1(1)/(4)` =
`(5)/(4)` is 1.25.