Question

Write the fraction $\frac{1639}{1000}$ as decimal

Answer 1

Writing the fraction as decimal

Count the number of zeros in the denominator of the fraction and place the decimal point in the numerator after as many digits as the number of zeros , counting from right to left.

$\frac{1639}{1000}=1.639\left[\because \mathrm{three}\mathrm{zeros}\mathrm{in}\mathrm{the}\mathrm{denominator}\right]$

Hence ,$\frac{1639}{1000}$is expressed as decimal as $1.639$