Question

Convert the fraction into decimal : $\frac{5}{100}$

Answer 1

For converting a fraction whose denominator is a multiple of $10$, first write the numerator . Then , place the decimal point starting from extreme right before as many digits as the number of zeros after $1$ in the denominator .

For the given fraction , there are two zeros after $1$ so, it can be represented as $\frac{5}{100}=0.05$ .

Thus , the decimal representation of the fraction is $0.05$ .