1/56 as a Decimal
1/56 as a decimal expansion provides the detailed information about what is 1/56 in decimal form, and the answer with steps help students to easily understand how it is being calculated.
1/56 as a Decimal Expansion
1/56 = 0.0179
Hence,
1/56 as a decimal equals to 0.0179
where,
1/56 is a given fraction,
The decimal expansion of 1/56 is 0.0179
1/56 as a Mixed Number
The given fraction 1/56 can't be represented as a mixed number since the numerator 1 of the given fraction is smaller than the denominator 56.
How-to: 1/56 as a Decimal
The below work with steps provide the detailed information about how to convert fraction 1/56 as a decimal equivalent.
step 1 Address the input parameters and observe what to be found:
Input values:
The fraction = 1/56
What to be found:
Find the decimal expansion of fraction 1/56.
step 2 The numerator is smaller than the denominator of the fraction 1/56, so find how many 10s should be multiplied with both numerator and denominator. Since the denominator is having 1 more digits than the numerator, multiply 100 with both numerator and denominator of 1/56.
= 1/56 x 100/100
step 3 Rearrange the fraction as like the below:
= 100/56 x 1/100
step 4 Simplify the above expression further:
= 100/56 x 1/100
= 56 + 44/56 x 1/100
= ( 56/56 + 44/56) x 1/100
= (1 + 44/56 ) x 1/100
step 5 Repeat the step 2 to find the decimal equivalent for the fraction 44/56 in the above expression:
= (1 + 44/56 ) x 1/100
= (1 + 0.786) x 1/100
step 6 Simplify the above expression further:
= (1 + 0.786) x 1/100
= 1.786 x 1/100
= 1.786/100
1/56= 0.01786
Hence,
1/56 as a decimal is 0.01786
