Question

How do you change a fraction to a decimal?

Answer 1

To change a fraction into a decimal is actually easier than you may have thought. The steps are:

1. Let's start with an example, 1/2. First you have to turn the fraction into a division problem. 1 is the dividend and 2 is the divisor.

2. Then you just divide! In this case you'll get 0.5. This is 1/2 as a decimal. (You could also use a calculator instead of dividing every fraction you have to turn into a decimal manually).

Answer 2

It's long sorry:

The simplest method is to use a calculator.

Just divide the top of the fraction by the bottom, and read off the answer !
	Example: What is 5/8 as a decimal ... ?
	... get your calculator and type in "5 / 8 =" The answer should be 0.625

To convert a Fraction to a Decimal manually, follow these steps:

Step 1: Find a number you can multiply by the bottom of the fraction to make it 10, or 100, or 1000, or any 1 followed by 0s.

Step 2: Multiply both top and bottom by that number.

Step 3. Then write down just the top number, putting the decimal point in the correct spot (one space from the right hand side for every zero in the bottom number)

Source: mathsisfun.com.

Answer 3

You divide the numerator by the denominator. You can use a calculator, or do it by hand, just carry out the decimal points.

Answer 4

You divide the numerator by the denomenator to get a decimal.Sometimes the number keeps on going for a long time.

You could also find how many times the denomenator goes into 100. You multiply that number by the numerator.

Answer 5

You need to divide the numerator (top part) by the denominator (bottom part). I would just punch the numbers in a calculator for an answer, but you can do it by hand using long division and carrying out the decimal points.

Comments

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