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Standard VII

Mathematics

Writing Rational Numbers as Decimals

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Question

Rational number $\frac{p}{q}, q \neq 0$ will be terminating decimal if the prime factorisation of q is of the form (m and n are non negative integers) :

2^{m} \times 3^{n}

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2^{m} \times 5^{n}

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3^{m} \times 5^{n}

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3^{m} \times 7^{n}

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Solution

The correct option is B $2^{m} \times 5^{n}$
If numerator and denominator are co-prime then fraction will terminate only if denominator will be of type $2^{m} 5^{n}$ .
So the correct answer will be option B.

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Rational number pq, q≠0 will be terminating decimal if the prime factorisation of q is of the form (m and n are non negative integers) :

The correct option is B 2m×5nIf numerator and denominator are co-prime then fraction will terminate only if denominator will be of type 2m5n .So the correct answer will be option B.

Rational number $\frac{p}{q}, q \neq 0$ will be terminating decimal if the prime factorisation of q is of the form (m and n are non negative integers) :

The correct option is B $2^{m} \times 5^{n}$
If numerator and denominator are co-prime then fraction will terminate only if denominator will be of type $2^{m} 5^{n}$ .
So the correct answer will be option B.