18/55 as a decimal expansion provides the detailed information about what is 18/55 in decimal form, and the answer with steps help students to easily understand how it is being calculated.
18/55 as a Decimal Expansion
18/55 = 0.3273
Hence,
18/55 as a decimal equals to 0.3273
where,
18/55 is a given fraction,
The decimal expansion of 18/55 is 0.3273
18/55 as a Mixed Number
The given fraction 18/55 can't be represented as a mixed number since the numerator 18 of the given fraction is smaller than the denominator 55.
The below work with steps provide the detailed information about how to convert fraction 18/55 as a decimal equivalent.
step 1 Address the input parameters and observe what to be found:
Input values:
The fraction = 18/55
What to be found:
Find the decimal expansion of fraction 18/55.
step 2 The numerator is smaller than the denominator of the fraction 18/55, 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 18/55.
= 18/55 x 10/10
step 3 Rearrange the fraction as like the below:
= 10 x 18/55 x 1/10
= 180/55 x 1/10
step 4 Simplify the above expression further:
= 180/55 x 1/10
= 165 + 15/55 x 1/10
= ( 165/55 + 15/55) x 1/10
= (3 + 15/55 ) x 1/10
step 5 Repeat the step 2 to find the decimal equivalent for the fraction 15/55 in the above expression:
= (3 + 15/55 ) x 1/10
= (3 + 0.273) x 1/10
step 6 Simplify the above expression further:
= (3 + 0.273) x 1/10
= 3.273 x 1/10
= 3.273/10
18/55= 0.3273
Hence,
18/55 as a decimal is 0.3273