Mario claims that if the dinominator of a fraction is a prime number, then its decimal form is a repeting decimal. Do you agree?
1 answer:
Answer:
I do not agree because Mario's claim is not general.
Step-by-step explanation:
Prime numbers: These are a set of numbers that are divisible by 1 and itself only. Examples are: 2, 3, 5, 7. 11 etc.
And a denominator is the divisor in a given fraction.
Considering the following fractions whose denominators are prime numbers:
= 0.66666666...
= 0.142857142
= 0.45454545...
= 0.23076923
= 0.142857142
It could be observed that Mario's claim is not a general principle which is applicable to all fractions with a prime denominator. Thus, I do not agree with his claim.
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