Question

How do you convert 3/8 to a decimal?

Answer 1

`3/8 = 0.375`

Explanation:

You can find it by long division, but let's try another way...

Since `8 = 2xx2xx2` and `10 = 2xx5`, we know that `8` is a divisor of `1000 = 10xx10xx10 = 2xx2xx2xx5xx5xx5 = 8xx125`

So:

`3/8 = (3*125)/(8*125) = 375/1000 = 0.375`