Evaluating 5/12 a decimal gives 0.4166666666....≈ 0.4167
Given data
5/12 of her ELA class essay
How to rewrite to decimal using long division
5 / 12 is same as 12 dividing 5
this is done as follows
12 | 5
we form the decimal in the answer column then add 0 to 5 to get 50
12 | 50 0.
12 | 50 0.4 50 - (12 * 4 )= 50 - 48 = 2
12 | 2 0.4
add 0 to 2 to get 20 and divide by 12
12 | 20 0.41 20 - ( 12 * 1 ) = 20 - 12 = 8
add 0 to 8 to get 80 and divide by 12
12 | 80 0.416 80 - ( 12 * 6 ) =80 - 72 = 8
add 0 to 8 to get 80 and divide by 12
12 | 80 0.4166 80 - ( 12 * 6 ) =80 - 72 = 8
The procedure is repeated to get 0.4166666666....≈ 0.4167
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