Solution: 135/1 as a decimal is 135
Methods
Method 1 – Explanation using the division method:
Put in a nutshell, a fraction is written in terms of two parts separated by a line in between: the number above the line is called the numerator and the number below the line is called the denominator. To solve this question, we can use the division method to get a decimal: simply divide the numerator 135 by the denominator 1 to get the decimal:
135 (numerator) ÷ 1 (denominator) = 135
That’s it! When you convert 135/1 to a decimal, 135 is your answer.
Method 2 – Explanation using the factors of 10 method:
Another method is to change the denominator to a power of 10 (like 10, 100, 1000 etc.). This way, the fraction will be coming simpler to compute.
Even if our denominator is not a power of 10, we can make it one. If the denominator is a factor of a power of 10, like 2, 4, 5, 8, 10, 16, 20, 25, 40, 50 and so on, then we can convert them into a power of 10. Since our denominator is 1, we can convert it because it is a factor of a power of 10.
To do that, we multiply 1 by 10 to make the denominator 10. And since we multiplied the denominator by 10, we also need to multiply the numerator by 10 too:
135
∗
10
1
∗
10
=
1350
10
=
135
\frac{135 * 10}{1 * 10} = \frac{1350}{10} = 135
1 ∗ 10 135 ∗ 10 = 10 1350 = 135
And finally, you get 135 as your answer when you convert 135/1 to a decimal.
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