How do you convert 3/8 to a decimal?

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How do you convert 3/8 to a decimal?

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Answer 1 · 2016-04-17T00:00:14

$\frac{3}{8} = 0.375$ $3/8 = 0.375$

Explanation:

You can find it by long division, but let's try another way...

Since $8 = 2 \times 2 \times 2$ $8 = 2xx2xx2$ and $10 = 2 \times 5$ $10 = 2xx5$ , we know that $8$ $8$ is a divisor of $1000 = 10 \times 10 \times 10 = 2 \times 2 \times 2 \times 5 \times 5 \times 5 = 8 \times 125$ $1000 = 10xx10xx10 = 2xx2xx2xx5xx5xx5 = 8xx125$

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$\frac{3}{8} = \frac{3 \cdot 125}{8 \cdot 125} = \frac{375}{1000} = 0.375$ $3/8 = (3*125)/(8*125) = 375/1000 = 0.375$

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