100/20 as a Decimal

100/20 as a decimal expansion provides the detailed information about what is 100/20 in decimal form, and the answer with steps help students to easily understand how it is being calculated.

100/20 as a Decimal
100/20 = 5
Hence,
100/20 as a decimal equals to 5
where,
100/20 is a given fraction,
The decimal expansion of 100/20 is 5

100/20 as a Mixed Number
The given fraction 100/20 can't be represented as a mixed number since the numerator 100 is exactly divisible by the denominator 20.

The below work with steps provide the detailed information about how to convert fraction 100/20 as a decimal equivalent.
step 1 Address the input parameters and observe what to be found:
Input values:
The fraction = 100/20

What to be found:
Find the decimal expansion of fraction 100/20.

step 2 Multiply both numerator and denominator by 5 to make the denominator as powers of 10:
= 100/20 x 5/5
= 500/100


step 3 The numerator 500 of fraction 500/100 can also be expressed as 5. Being 100 as the denominator, move the decimal point 2 decimal places from right to left in the numerator to write the fraction as decimal number.
= 500/100
= 5

Hence,
100/20 as a decimal is 5