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How do you figure out whether a fraction will be a terminating decimal or a repeating decimal?
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How do you figure out whether a fraction will be a terminating decimal or a repeating decimal?

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If the prime factorization of the denominator of a fraction has only factors of 2 and factors of 5, then it can be written as something over a power of ten. This means that the decimal will terminate.
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