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How do you write -13/16 as a decimal?

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May 28, 2016

$- 0.8125$ $-0.8125$

Explanation:

Note that $16 = 2 \times 2 \times 2 \times 2$ $16=2xx2xx2xx2$ .

So dividing by $16$ $16$ is the same as dividing by $2$ $2$ four times.

$- \frac{13}{16} = - \frac{6.5}{8} = - \frac{3.25}{4} = - \frac{1.625}{2} = - 0.8125$ $-13/16 = -6.5/8 = -3.25/4 = -1.625/2 = -0.8125$

Alternatively, just long divide $\frac{13}{16}$ $13/16$ ...

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Then put the minus signs back to get $- \frac{13}{16} = - 0.8125$ $-13/16 = -0.8125$

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