Consider the square plot given below where the green portion is used as a garden. Express the part of plot used as garden in decimals.

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Solution

Here, we can see that the given square is divided into four equal parts and out of these four parts, one part is used as a garden.

Therefore, the fraction corresponding to the green portion is $\frac{1}{4} .$

Converting $\frac{1}{4}$ into decimals, we get
$\frac{1 \times 25}{4 \times 25}$ = $\frac{25}{100}$ = 0.25

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Consider the square plot given below where the green portion is used as a garden. Express the part of plot used as garden in decimals.

Here, we can see that the given square is divided into four equal parts and out of these four parts, one part is used as a garden. Therefore, the fraction corresponding to the green portion is 14. Converting 14 into decimals, we get 1×254×25 = 25100 = 0.25