120/240 as a Decimal

120/240 as a decimal expansion provides the detailed information about what is 120/240 in decimal form, and the answer with steps help students to easily understand how it is being calculated.

120/240 as a Decimal
120/240 = 0.5
Hence,
120/240 as a decimal equals to 0.5
where,
120/240 is a given fraction,
The decimal expansion of 120/240 is 0.5

120/240 as a Mixed Number
The given fraction 120/240 can't be represented as a mixed number since the numerator 120 of the given fraction is smaller than the denominator 240.

The below work with steps provide the detailed information about how to convert fraction 120/240 as a decimal equivalent.
step 1 Address the input parameters and observe what to be found:
Input values:
The fraction = 120/240

What to be found:
Find the decimal expansion of fraction 120/240.

step 2 The numerator is smaller than the denominator of the fraction 120/240, so find how many 10s should be multiplied with both numerator and denominator. Since the number of digits are equal in both numerator and denominator, multiply 10 with both numerator and denominator of 120/240.
= 120/240 x 10/10

step 3 Rearrange the fraction as like the below:
= 10 x 120/240 x 1/10
= 1200/240 x 1/10

step 4 Simplify the above expression further:
= 1200/240 x 1/10
= 5 x 1/10
= 5/10
= 0.5

Hence,
120/240 as a decimal is 0.5