Question

How to turn a fraction into a decimal?

Answer 1

Convert a fraction into a decimal.

1. Find a number you can multiply by the denominator of the fraction to make it $10$, or $100$, or $1000$, or any $1$ followed by 0s.
2. Multiply both numerator and denominator by that number.
3. Write down the numerator, putting the decimal point in the correct place (one space from the right-hand side for every zero in the denominator.)

For example: convert $\frac{3}{5}$ to decimal.

We know, $5\times 20=100$

Multiply the numerator and denominator by $20$.

$\frac{3\times 20}{5\times 20}=\frac{60}{100}$

Write down the numerator, putting the decimal point in the correct place.

$\frac{60}{100}=0.6$

Hence, using the above steps we can turn a fraction into a decimal.