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Question
Without actual division, state whether the following is a terminating decimal.
`43/500`
Sum
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Solution
500
= 2 × 2 × 5 × 5 × 5
= 22 × 53
Prime factors are only 2 and 5.
Therefore, `43/500` is a terminating decimal.
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Chapter 1: Rational and Irrational Numbers - MISCELLANEOUS EXERCISE [Page 17]
