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What is 5 and 5/32 as a decimal

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5.15625

This can be figured out by 1 divided by 2 five times then multiplying by five:

1/2 = 0.5

0.5 / 2 = 0.25

0.25 / 2 = 0.0125

0.0625 / 2 = 0.625

0.0125 / 2 = 0.03125

multiply 0.03125 by 5 and you get 5.15625

then add 5 to get 5.15625

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