Question

While converting a fraction with denominator as a power of $10$, we shift the decimal point to the left by number of times equal to the _______ in the denominator.

• A. digits
• B. ones
• C. zeros
• D. power of $10$

Answer 1

The correct option is D power of $10$

If the denominator is the power of ten(or the no of zeros with $1$ digit in the denominator), we shift the decimal point $p$ places to the left in the quantity in the numerator, to get a purely decimal number.

For instance, $\frac{3}{{10}^1}=0.3$; $\frac{3}{{10}^4}=0.0003$, etc.