RE: [math-fun] Decimal question

--- Dan wrote: Now I wonder if there's an example p/q in lowest terms, with 1/10 < p/q < 1, so that the most compact way of writing the decimal uses the same digits (with the same multiplicity). (By compact I mean no leading or trailing zeroes.) 322673/512000 = .630220703125 Then: 322673/5120000 = .0630220703125 322673/51200000 = .00630220703125 ... In France, we never use this way to write decimal numbers. We need always digits before our decimal point... in fact a comma. Christian.