Question

12a. Shan has 32 books, including 12 books by his favorite author. Express as a decimal the number of books by his favorite author out of the total number of books he owns. 12b. Shan has 32 books, including 12 books by his favorite author. Using what you wrote for part a, is the decimal terminating or repeating? * A. terminating B. repeating

Answer 1

12a. First expressing as a fraction, Shan has 12/32 books from his favorite author, so:

12/32=3/8=0.375 books from his favorite author

12b. Because the decimal 0.375 isn't a periodical decimal, so it would be a terminating decimal.