Question

State if the following fraction has a terminating decimal.

`(147)/(160)`

Answer 1

`(147)/(160)`

160 = 2 x 2 x 2 x 2 x 2 x 5 = 2⁵ x 5¹

i.e. 160 can be expressed as 2^m x 5ⁿ.

Hence, `(147)/(160)` has terminating decimal representation.