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11 September, 15:11

Why do you multiply by a power of 10 when writing a repeating decimal as a rational number

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  1. 11 September, 18:05
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    1.28 = 128 * 10^-2

    128 * (1/10^2)

    128 / 10^2

    128 / 100

    1.28

    Because, it's literally the same thing mathematically if you worked it out. Though, as I'm sure you're aware, it's just a much shorter and cleaner way of writing out large or small numbers.
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