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Fractions in simplest form that have denominators of 2, 4,8,16, and 32 produce terminating decimals. Fractions with denominators of 6,12,18,and 24 produce repeating decimals. What causes the difference? Explain.

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2=2^1 ~divides 10\\4=2^2~divides~100\\8=2^3 divides~1000\\16=2^4~divides~10,000\\32=2^5~divides~100,000

6,12,18,24 has one factor 3

which always gives a fraction when it divides 10,100,1000,... etc

e.g 5÷6=0.8333...

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