How do you write $6/4$ as a decimal?

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Answer 1 · 2018-05-31T15:16:24

$6/4=1.5$

Reduce $6/4$ to its lowest terms

$6/4=3/2$

As you know if you change $3/2$ to mixed fractions it would be
$1 1/2$ which is the same as $1+1/2$

$1/2$ is 0.5

So $1+0.5$ is $1.5$

Answer 2 · 2018-05-31T15:26:56

$1.5$

6 can be split into 4+6

So $6/4color(white)("d")=color(white)("d")(4+2)/4color(white)("d") =color(white)("d") 4/4+2/4color(white)("d")=color(white)("d")1+1/2$

We know that $1/2->0.5$ giving

$1+0.5 = 1.5$

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