How do you convert #3/8# to a decimal?
1 Answer
Jul 1, 2016
Explanation:
There are 2 ways to convert fractions to decimals.
Make an equivalent fraction with a power of 10 as the denominator.
This can only be done with denominators such as:
2, 4, 5, 8, 10, 16, 20, 25, 40, 50 etc., which are factors of
but not with denominators which are multiples of 3, 7, 11 etc.
Or divide 3.0000 by 8
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