How do you simplify $0.025 div 0.04$ ?

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Answer 1 · 2017-06-27T13:57:23

To begin with you may read this as $=0.025/0.040$
(the extra zero makes no difference)

Now multiply by $1$ disguised as $1000/1000$

$=0.025/0.040xx1000/1000=25/40=(cancel5xx5)/(cancel5xx8)=5/8$

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