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What is the base where the biggest % of single digits divisions wont lead to repeating decimals (division by zero here count here as repeating decimals)?
Some example at base 3 the possible 1 digit divisions are 0/0, 0/1, 0/2, 1/0, 1/1, 1/2, 2/0, 2/1, 2/2.
The results are: 0/0 =(division by zero), 0/1 =(0), 0/2 = (0), 1/0 =(division by zero), 1/1 = (1), 1/2 = (0.1111111......), 2/0 = (division by zero), 2/1 = (2), 2/2 = (1).
The ones that aren't division by zero or repeating decimals are, 0/1, 0/2, 1/1, 2/1 and 2/2, so 5 out of 9 possible divisions aren't repeating decimals (or division by zero) so 55,5555555555555...% of all the divisions.
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Base #terminating proportion 2 2 2/4 = 50% 3 5 5/9 = 55.6% 4 10 10/16 = 62.5% 5 12 12/25 = 48% 6 26 26/36 = 72.2% 8 34 34/64 = 53.1% 12 94 94/144 = 65.3% 30 550 550/900 = 61.1%
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What is the base where the biggest % of single digits divisions wont lead to repeating decimals (division by zero here count here as repeating decimals)?
Some example at base 3 the possible 1 digit divisions are 0/0, 0/1, 0/2, 1/0, 1/1, 1/2, 2/0, 2/1, 2/2.
The results are: 0/0 =(division by zero), 0/1 =(0), 0/2 = (0), 1/0 =(division by zero), 1/1 = (1), 1/2 = (0.1111111......), 2/0 = (division by zero), 2/1 = (2), 2/2 = (1).
The ones that aren't division by zero or repeating decimals are, 0/1, 0/2, 1/1, 2/1 and 2/2, so 5 out of 9 possible divisions aren't repeating decimals (or division by zero) so 55,5555555555555...% of all the divisions.
179.197.136.113 (
talk) 23:02, 7 February 2020 (UTC)
Base #terminating proportion 2 2 2/4 = 50% 3 5 5/9 = 55.6% 4 10 10/16 = 62.5% 5 12 12/25 = 48% 6 26 26/36 = 72.2% 8 34 34/64 = 53.1% 12 94 94/144 = 65.3% 30 550 550/900 = 61.1%