Thread: Decimal expansion of a rational

Can someone tell what the simplest way is of finding out what the decimal expansion is of a rational number?

-Jason

Originally Posted by Jason Bourne

Can someone tell what the simplest way is of finding out what the decimal expansion is of a rational number?

-Jason

Divide the numerator by the denominator.

Yep! Divide. Continuing, of course, until you are sure what the "repeating section" is.