20/146 as a Decimal

20/146 as a decimal expansion provides the detailed information about what is 20/146 in decimal form, and the answer with steps help students to easily understand how it is being calculated.

20/146 as a Decimal
20/146 = 0.137
Hence,
20/146 as a decimal equals to 0.137
where,
20/146 is a given fraction,
The decimal expansion of 20/146 is 0.137

20/146 as a Mixed Number
The given fraction 20/146 can't be represented as a mixed number since the numerator 20 of the given fraction is smaller than the denominator 146.

The below work with steps provide the detailed information about how to convert fraction 20/146 as a decimal equivalent.
step 1 Address the input parameters and observe what to be found:
Input values:
The fraction = 20/146

What to be found:
Find the decimal expansion of fraction 20/146.

step 2 The numerator is smaller than the denominator of the fraction 20/146, 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 20/146.
= 20/146 x 100/100

step 3 Rearrange the fraction as like the below:
= 100 x 20/146 x 1/100
= 2000/146 x 1/100

step 4 Simplify the above expression further:
= 2000/146 x 1/100
= 1898 + 102/146 x 1/100
= ( 1898/146 + 102/146) x 1/100
= (13 + 102/146 ) x 1/100

step 5 Repeat the step 2 to find the decimal equivalent for the fraction 102/146 in the above expression:
= (13 + 102/146 ) x 1/100
= (13 + 0.699) x 1/100

step 6 Simplify the above expression further:
= (13 + 0.699) x 1/100
= 13.699 x 1/100
= 13.699/100
20/146= 0.13699

Hence,
20/146 as a decimal is 0.13699