Question

The weight of an object on the moon is 1/6 its weight on earth. write 1/6 as a decimal

Answer 1

point six repeatedly so 0.16666666666... so just put a bar over the six 

Answer 2

Weight of the object on the moon

`=(1)/(6) * \text{Weight of an object on the earth}`

If in a fraction,that is rational number, denominator has term other than

`2^a , \text{or},5^b,\text{or} ,2^a * 5^b}`

then the decimal expansion will be non terminating repeating.

`\rightarrow(1)/(6)=0.1666.....\\\\=0.167\text{approx}`