150/300 as a Decimal

150/300 as a decimal expansion provides the detailed information about what is 150/300 in decimal form, and the answer with steps help students to easily understand how it is being calculated.

150/300 as a Decimal
150/300 = 0.5
Hence,
150/300 as a decimal equals to 0.5
where,
150/300 is a given fraction,
The decimal expansion of 150/300 is 0.5

150/300 as a Mixed Number
The given fraction 150/300 can't be represented as a mixed number since the numerator 150 of the given fraction is smaller than the denominator 300.

The below work with steps provide the detailed information about how to convert fraction 150/300 as a decimal equivalent.
step 1 Address the input parameters and observe what to be found:
Input values:
The fraction = 150/300

What to be found:
Find the decimal expansion of fraction 150/300.

step 2 The numerator is smaller than the denominator of the fraction 150/300, 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 150/300.
= 150/300 x 10/10

step 3 Rearrange the fraction as like the below:
= 10 x 150/300 x 1/10
= 1500/300 x 1/10

step 4 Simplify the above expression further:
= 1500/300 x 1/10
= 5 x 1/10
= 5/10
= 0.5

Hence,
150/300 as a decimal is 0.5