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Can 1/2 be written as a terminating decimal?
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Can 1/2 be written as a terminating decimal?

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Yes it can and the answer would be 0.5

Terminating decimals are numbers that never stop going after the period. Such an example would be 10/3 which would give 3.333333 indefinitely. 1/2 gives a whole number, that is, 0.5
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