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May 12, 2024 · 11:50 am

Fractions to decimals

People usually know some fractions as decimals, for example

$\frac{1}{4}=0.25\ \textnormal{or }\frac{4}{5}=0.8$

And denominators that are powers of ten are also easy,

$\frac{47}{100}=0.47\ \textnormal{or }\frac{256}{1000}=0.256$

But what if it is something else? One that you don’t know. For example,

$\frac{5}{12}\ \textnormal{or }\frac{15}{37}$

I like to do these as a long division