What is the reciprocal of 1.6?

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Is it 0.625

6 Answers

  1. Yes it is, note 1.6 is one tenth of 16 and 16 is 2^4:

    1/2 = 0.5

    1/4 = 0.25

    1/8 = 0.125

    1/16 = 0.0625

    just halving the numbers each iteration.

    So 1/0.0625 is 16 therefore 1/0.625 is 1/1.6 from your knowledge of place value.

    Of course the easy way is to shove it into a calculator.

  2. 1.6 = 16/10 = 8/5

    reciprocal = 5/8 ///// as a fraction

    or = 5.00000000…. / 8 = 0.625 in decimal form

  3. Yes, reciprocal of 1.6 = 1/1.6 = 0.625

  4. 1 / 1.6 = 0.625 = 5/8

    or 8/5= 1.6

    8/5 —-> reciprocal 5/8

  5. Yep, it is 0.625

    you can check by multiplying the two together, it should equal 1.

    1.6*0.625= 1

  6. it is 1/1.6

    the reciprocal is just it upside down

    and every number is divided by 1

    it is 0.625

    so you are right

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A multiplicative inverse or reciprocal for a number n, denoted by 1n or n−1 (n to the power of minus one), is a number which when multiplied by n, their product is 1. In other words, the reciprocal of any number is one divided by that number. The reciprocal of a fraction xy is yx. To find the multiplicative inverse of a real number, just divide 1 by that number. Examples:

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  • The reciprocal of 0.333… is 1 divided by 0.333…, or 3.

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