Question

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. :)

Answer 1

@mathstudent55 @satellite73 @johnweldon1993 @blank

Answer 2

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

Answer 3

divide

Answer 4

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

Answer 5

@jim_thompson5910 good luck writing long division here ...

Answer 6

First write out the problem like so

Answer 7

how many times does 6 go into 5 ?

Answer 8

0

Answer 9

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

we can write 5 as 5.0