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What's a rule you could apply to any number that would predict which denominators will terminate

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Step-by-step explanation:

The decimal equivalent of a fraction will terminate if its denominator can be factored using only the prime numbers 2 and/or 5.

1/4 = 1/(2·2) will terminate

1/15 = 1/(3·5) will not terminate

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