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Without Doing Any Actual Division, Find Which of the Following Rational Numbers Have Terminating Decimal Representation : 123/250 - Mathematics

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Without doing any actual division, find which of the following rational numbers have terminating decimal representation : `123/250`

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Solution

Given number is `123/250`

Since 250 = 2 x 5 x 5 x 5 = 21 x 53
i.e. 250 can be expressed as 2m x 5n

∴ `123/250` is convertible into the terminating decimal.

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Chapter 1: Rational and Irrational Numbers - Exercise 1 (A) [Page 4]

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Selina Concise Mathematics [English] Class 9 ICSE
Chapter 1 Rational and Irrational Numbers
Exercise 1 (A) | Q 5.8 | Page 4
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