138/140 as a Decimal

138/140 as a decimal expansion provides the detailed information about what is 138/140 in decimal form, and the answer with steps help students to easily understand how it is being calculated.

138/140 as a Decimal
138/140 = 0.9857
Hence,
138/140 as a decimal equals to 0.9857
where,
138/140 is a given fraction,
The decimal expansion of 138/140 is 0.9857

138/140 as a Mixed Number
The given fraction 138/140 can't be represented as a mixed number since the numerator 138 of the given fraction is smaller than the denominator 140.

The below work with steps provide the detailed information about how to convert fraction 138/140 as a decimal equivalent.
step 1 Address the input parameters and observe what to be found:
Input values:
The fraction = 138/140

What to be found:
Find the decimal expansion of fraction 138/140.

step 2 The numerator is smaller than the denominator of the fraction 138/140, 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 138/140.
= 138/140 x 10/10

step 3 Rearrange the fraction as like the below:
= 10 x 138/140 x 1/10
= 1380/140 x 1/10

step 4 Simplify the above expression further:
= 1380/140 x 1/10
= 1260 + 120/140 x 1/10
= ( 1260/140 + 120/140) x 1/10
= (9 + 120/140 ) x 1/10

step 5 Repeat the step 2 to find the decimal equivalent for the fraction 120/140 in the above expression:
= (9 + 120/140 ) x 1/10
= (9 + 0.857) x 1/10

step 6 Simplify the above expression further:
= (9 + 0.857) x 1/10
= 9.857 x 1/10
= 9.857/10
138/140= 0.9857

Hence,
138/140 as a decimal is 0.9857