State whether 231/500 has terminating or non-terminating repeating decimal expansion.

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asked Mar 14, 2018 in Mathematics by shabnam praween (19,050 points) 5 6 8
edited Mar 14, 2018 by shabnam praween
State whether 231/500 has terminating or non-terminating repeating decimal expansion.

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answered Mar 14, 2018 by mdsamim (213,225 points) 5 10 15
selected Mar 15, 2018 by faiz
 
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500=53x22

Since prime factors of 500 are 2 and 5 only.

500/231 has terminating decimal.

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