21/44 as a Decimal
21/44 as a decimal expansion provides the detailed information about what is 21/44 in decimal form, and the answer with steps help students to easily understand how it is being calculated.
21/44 as a Decimal Expansion
21/44 = 0.4773
Hence,
21/44 as a decimal equals to 0.4773
where,
21/44 is a given fraction,
The decimal expansion of 21/44 is 0.4773
21/44 as a Mixed Number
The given fraction 21/44 can't be represented as a mixed number since the numerator 21 of the given fraction is smaller than the denominator 44.
How-to: 21/44 as a Decimal
The below work with steps provide the detailed information about how to convert fraction 21/44 as a decimal equivalent.
step 1 Address the input parameters and observe what to be found:
Input values:
The fraction = 21/44
What to be found:
Find the decimal expansion of fraction 21/44.
step 2 The numerator is smaller than the denominator of the fraction 21/44, 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 21/44.
= 21/44 x 10/10
step 3 Rearrange the fraction as like the below:
= 10 x 21/44 x 1/10
= 210/44 x 1/10
step 4 Simplify the above expression further:
= 210/44 x 1/10
= 176 + 34/44 x 1/10
= ( 176/44 + 34/44) x 1/10
= (4 + 34/44 ) x 1/10
step 5 Repeat the step 2 to find the decimal equivalent for the fraction 34/44 in the above expression:
= (4 + 34/44 ) x 1/10
= (4 + 0.773) x 1/10
step 6 Simplify the above expression further:
= (4 + 0.773) x 1/10
= 4.773 x 1/10
= 4.773/10
21/44= 0.4773
Hence,
21/44 as a decimal is 0.4773
