1/120 as a Decimal

1/120 as a decimal expansion provides the detailed information about what is 1/120 in decimal form, and the answer with steps help students to easily understand how it is being calculated.

1/120 as a Decimal
1/120 = 0.0083
Hence,
1/120 as a decimal equals to 0.0083
where,
1/120 is a given fraction,
The decimal expansion of 1/120 is 0.0083

1/120 as a Mixed Number
The given fraction 1/120 can't be represented as a mixed number since the numerator 1 of the given fraction is smaller than the denominator 120.

The below work with steps provide the detailed information about how to convert fraction 1/120 as a decimal equivalent.
step 1 Address the input parameters and observe what to be found:
Input values:
The fraction = 1/120

What to be found:
Find the decimal expansion of fraction 1/120.

step 2 The numerator is smaller than the denominator of the fraction 1/120, so find how many 10s should be multiplied with both numerator and denominator. Since the denominator is having 2 more digits than the numerator, multiply 1000 with both numerator and denominator of 1/120.
= 1/120 x 1000/1000

step 3 Rearrange the fraction as like the below:
= 1000/120 x 1/1000

step 4 Simplify the above expression further:
= 1000/120 x 1/1000
= 960 + 40/120 x 1/1000
= ( 960/120 + 40/120) x 1/1000
= (8 + 40/120 ) x 1/1000

step 5 Repeat the step 2 to find the decimal equivalent for the fraction 40/120 in the above expression:
= (8 + 40/120 ) x 1/1000
= (8 + 0.333) x 1/1000

step 6 Simplify the above expression further:
= (8 + 0.333) x 1/1000
= 8.333 x 1/1000
= 8.333/1000
1/120= 0.008333

Hence,
1/120 as a decimal is 0.008333