Classes›Class 9›Maths›NCERT›The World of Numbers›End of Chapter Exercises›Q 10
QUESTION 10 Easy

A rational number has a terminating decimal expansion whose last non-zero digit occurs in the 4th decimal place. Show that such a number can be written in the form \(\frac{p}{10^4}\), where p is an integer not divisible by 10. Is it necessary that the denominator of this rational number, when written in the lowest form, is divisible by \(2^4\) or \(5^4\)? Give reasons.

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