How do find out the decimal expansion on a fraction? Don't give me an answer! Just help me through it for the fraction 5/6. :)

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anonymous · Answer

@mathstudent55 @satellite73 @johnweldon1993  @blank

jim_thompson5910 · Answer

You can use long division or a calculator to turn 5/6 into a decimal number

anonymous · Answer

divide

anonymous · Answer

Can you show me how to do it in long division?

anonymous · Answer

@jim_thompson5910  good luck writing long division here ...

jim_thompson5910 · Answer

First write out the problem like so

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jim_thompson5910 · Answer

how many times does 6 go into 5 ?

anonymous · Answer

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jim_thompson5910 · Answer

good, write a 0 above the 5 (to signify that 6 goes into 5 zero times)

we can write 5 as 5.0

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