Question

Sam has 100 pieces of candy. He wants to divide it equally into 33 pieces. But he cannot pack the candies equally into the boxes because $\frac{100}{33}$ is a

• A. Terminating decimal
• B. Non - terminating decimal

Answer 1

The correct option is B Non - terminating decimal

Let's divide 100 by 33 using long division,

$\text{Quotient}=\overline{3.3333}$

$\frac{100}{33}$ is a non-terminating decimal number as it has infinite digits.

Hence, Sam will keep 3 candies in each of the boxes equally, but 1 candy will be left as the remainder is 1.