15/5 as a Decimal

15/5 as a decimal expansion provides the detailed information about what is 15/5 in decimal form, and the answer with steps help students to easily understand how it is being calculated.

15/5 as a Decimal
15/5 = 3
Hence,
15/5 as a decimal equals to 3
where,
15/5 is a given fraction,
The decimal expansion of 15/5 is 3

15/5 as a Mixed Number
The given fraction 15/5 can't be represented as a mixed number since the numerator 15 is exactly divisible by the denominator 5.

The below work with steps provide the detailed information about how to convert fraction 15/5 as a decimal equivalent.
step 1 Address the input parameters and observe what to be found:
Input values:
The fraction = 15/5

What to be found:
Find the decimal expansion of fraction 15/5.

step 2 Multiply both numerator and denominator by 2 to make the denominator as powers of 10:
= 15/5 x 2/2
= 30/10


step 3 The numerator 30 of fraction 30/10 can also be expressed as 3. Being 10 as the denominator, move the decimal point 1 decimal places from right to left in the numerator to write the fraction as decimal number.
= 30/10
= 3

Hence,
15/5 as a decimal is 3