SOLUTION: Without dividing find the decimal equivalent of 6/25. Explain how you found your answer

SOLUTION: Without dividing find the decimal equivalent of 6/25. Explain how you found your answer

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Question 714240: Without dividing find the decimal equivalent of 6/25. Explain how you found your answer
Answer by jim_thompson5910(35256) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Multiply top and bottom by 4 to get 24/100. Why 4? Because 25*4 = 100.

So 24/100 = 0.24 because 0.24 means 24 hundredths (ie 24 out of a 100)

So 6/25 = 0.24
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