There exist several positive integers x such that 1/(x^2 + 2x) is a terminating decimal. What is the second smallest such integer?
+191 For starters, only numbers that divide over 2 or 5 are terminating decimals.
It is not hard to see that 2 is much smaller than 5, so trying x=2 and x=4 and we get 4 is the second smallest such integer.
Hope this helps.
+118667 Hi Orange Juice,
"For starters, only numbers that divide over 2 or 5 are terminating decimals."
What about 4 or 8 or any power of 2 or any power of 5 or any power of 10 .................. 
Ohhh .... do you mean the denominator must be a power of 2 or a power of 5 or a power of 10 .........
Mmmm not sure what you mean ..............
+191 Just to clarify what I meant by that:
Fractions whose denominator does not include 5 and 2 as factors are non-terminating decimals unless the numerator can cancel the factor that is not 2 or 5.
And this chart would be great to check out too.
Note that the four colors are different classifications of the examples.
