Answer :
Final answer:
The fraction 12/25 converted to a decimal is 0.48, and it remains 0.480 when rounded to the nearest thousandth; option (a) is the correct answer.
Explanation:
The question is converting fractions to decimals and rounding them to the nearest thousandth. To convert the fraction 12/25 to a decimal, we divide 12 by 25 which equals 0.48. No rounding is necessary because there are no digits beyond the thousandths place.
Therefore, 0.48 is the decimal form of 12/25, which when rounded to the nearest thousandth remains 0.480. Among the options provided, (a) 0.480 is the correct answer.
It is important to understand the concepts of converting fractions to decimals and rounding rules. Here, we didn't need to apply rounding rules extensively as the conversion yielded a result that had an exact decimal representation within the thousandths place.