How do you express 5/6 as a decimal?

2 Answers
Dec 27, 2016

#5/6= 0.833bar3#

Explanation:

#color(white)("X")underline(color(white)("0").color(white)("0")8color(white)("0")3color(white)("0")3color(white)("0")bar(3) ...)#
#6 ) 5 .color(white)("0")0color(white)("0")0color(white)("0")0color(white)("0")0color(white)("0")...#
#color(white)("X")underline(4 .color(white)("0")8)#
#color(white)("XXX")2color(white)("0")0#
#color(white)("XXX")underline(1color(white)("0")8)#
#color(white)("XXXxX")2color(white)("0")0#
#color(white)("XXXxX")underline (1color(white)("0")8)#
#color(white)("XXXXXX")2 ...#

The "bar" over the #3# indicates that this digit is repeated infinitely.

Dec 27, 2016

I got: #0.8bar3#

Explanation:

We can try performing the division:
#5:6=#
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where we took a zero to get #50# and be able to perform the division introducing the decimal #0.#