Question

The decimal equivalent of 5/9 is a terminating decimal.



True
False

Answer 1

False. It would be a repeating decimal since you cannot reduce the fraction any further. The decimal equivalent would be 0.555555...

Answer 2

Answer: False

Explanation:

You can convert all fractions to decimals. Also decimal forms of rational numbers either repeat or end a pattern.

you carry out the action of

5 ÷ 9 and you end up with a repeating decimal that is 0.5555... which happens to still be going on like that

But you can just simply write as 0.55