12/20 as a Decimal

12/20 as a decimal expansion provides the detailed information about what is 12/20 in decimal form, and the answer with steps help students to easily understand how it is being calculated.

12/20 as a Decimal
12/20 = 0.6
Hence,
12/20 as a decimal equals to 0.6
where,
12/20 is a given fraction,
The decimal expansion of 12/20 is 0.6

12/20 as a Mixed Number
The given fraction 12/20 can't be represented as a mixed number since the numerator 12 of the given fraction is smaller than the denominator 20.

The below work with steps provide the detailed information about how to convert fraction 12/20 as a decimal equivalent.
step 1 Address the input parameters and observe what to be found:
Input values:
The fraction = 12/20

What to be found:
Find the decimal expansion of fraction 12/20.

step 2 Multiply both numerator and denominator by 5 to make the denominator as powers of 10:
= 12/20 x 5/5
= 60/100


step 3 The numerator 60 of fraction 60/100 can also be expressed as 0.6. 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.
= 60/100
= 0.6

Hence,
12/20 as a decimal is 0.6