Question

0.625 = 625/1000? in lowest terms...check work.

Answer 1

this can be written as 5/8

Answer 2

what divides into that?

Answer 3

divide the top and bottom of the fraction by 125

Answer 4

thanks

Answer 5

one way to find the common factor is to factorise each number into their primes

1000 = 2 X 2 X 2 X 5 X 5 X 5 and 625 = 5 X 5 X 5 X 5

as you can see 5 X 5 X 5 (=125) is common to both