Question 12 Marks
Look at several examples of rational numbers in the form $\frac{\text{p}}{\text{q}}(\text{q}\neq0),$ where p and q are integers with no common factors other than 1 and having terminating decimal representations. Can you guess what property q must satisfy?
Answer
View full question & answer→A rational number $\frac{\text{p}}{\text{q}}$ is a terminating decimal only, when prime factors of q are 2 and 5 only. Therefore, $\frac{\text{p}}{\text{q}}$ is a terminating decimal only, when prime factorization if q must have only powers of 2 or 5 or bith.








