How to change 58 into a decimal ?

3 Answers
Feb 21, 2018

58=0.625

Explanation:

To convert a fraction to a decimal, just divide the numerator by the denominator.

Since 8 is larger than 5, in order to divide, we must add a decimal point and some zeroes after the 5. We may not know how many zeroes to add but it doesn’t matter.

If we add too many we can erase the extras; if we don’t add enough, we can add more.

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Sometimes, you may get a repeating decimal.
We can write the result using a bar over the repeating digit (or digits).

Feb 21, 2018

58=0.625

Explanation:

18=0.125

0.125×5=0.625

Or 18=1÷2÷2÷2

1÷2=0.5
.5÷2=0.25
.25÷=0.125

Feb 21, 2018

0.625

Explanation:

Decimals are a way of writing fractions which have denominators which are powers of 10

310=0.3

23100=0.23

1781000=0.178

8×125=1000 so we can find an equivalent fraction for 58

5×1258×125=6251000=0.625