Question

-2 9/10 as a decimal

Answer 1

We want to conver the number shown below to decimal:

`-2(9)/(10)`

We keep the whole number "-2" aside and work with the fractional part 9/10th.

We divide 9 by 10 and get:

9/10 = 0.9

Then we tag along the whole part, so it becomes:

-2.9