What is the denominator when (0.0048) is written as a fraction in lowest form?
Answer and explanation
Correct answer: (625)
Step 1: (0.0048=\frac{48}{10000}). Step 2: The greatest common factor of (48) and (10000) is (16), so (\frac{48}{10000}=\frac{3}{625}). The denominator is (625). Step 3: Even for small decimals, reduce to lowest form.
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What is the correct answer to this question?
(625)
Why is this the correct answer?
Step 1: (0.0048=\frac{48}{10000}). Step 2: The greatest common factor of (48) and (10000) is (16), so (\frac{48}{10000}=\frac{3}{625}). The denominator is (625). Step 3: Even for small decimals, reduce to lowest form.
Which subject and chapter does this question cover?
This is a Class 10 Mathematics question. Chapter: Real Numbers. Topic: Decimal expansion of rational numbers.
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