What is the decimal equivalent of the fraction 64/16?

What is the decimal equivalent of the fraction 64/16?

• A. 2.0
• B. 6.4
• C. 4.0
• D. 3.0

Answer: (C)

Dividing 64 by 16 tells you how many times 16 fits into 64. Since 16 × 4 equals 64, the quotient is 4. Writing that as a decimal gives 4.0, so the decimal equivalent is 4.0. The other options don’t fit because they would imply multiplying 16 by those numbers to get 64 (for example, 2.0 gives 32, 3.0 gives 48, 6.4 gives 102.4), which isn’t the case here.

Dividing 64 by 16 tells you how many times 16 fits into 64. Since 16 × 4 equals 64, the quotient is 4. Writing that as a decimal gives 4.0, so the decimal equivalent is 4.0. The other options don’t fit because they would imply multiplying 16 by those numbers to get 64 (for example, 2.0 gives 32, 3.0 gives 48, 6.4 gives 102.4), which isn’t the case here.