How do you express 26/8 as a decimal number?

2 Answers

as a decimal it is 3.25

Explanation:

26/8=13/4=3.25

Dec 3, 2017

Long divide to find 26 -: 8 = 3.25

Explanation:

The method which always works to find the decimal representation of a fraction is to long divide it until the remainder repeats. Then the quotient will repeat from that point on.

In the given example, the divisor 8 is a power of 2 and 2 is a factor of 10. So the "repeating" remainder we encounter is actually 0 and the quotient is (normally) identified as a terminating decimal.

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