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15. How do you covert fractions to decimals using long division? Write out steps and give an example. please help me

User Agush
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5/8. 8÷5=1.6
just divide by reversing
User Grozz
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Hello!

What you could try to do (besides using a calculator) is try to get the denominator to 100 and go from there. For example, the fraction 4/20. We multiply both sides by 5, giving us 20/100. Then, we move the decimal over twice, giving us 0.2.

I hope this helps!

User Saurabh Vardani
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