21/50 as a decimal expansion provides the detailed information about what is 21/50 in decimal form, and the answer with steps help students to easily understand how it is being calculated.
21/50 as a Decimal Expansion
21/50 = 0.42
Hence,
21/50 as a decimal equals to 0.42
where,
21/50 is a given fraction,
The decimal expansion of 21/50 is 0.42
21/50 as a Mixed Number
The given fraction 21/50 can't be represented as a mixed number since the numerator 21 of the given fraction is smaller than the denominator 50.
The below work with steps provide the detailed information about how to convert fraction 21/50 as a decimal equivalent.
step 1 Address the input parameters and observe what to be found:
Input values:
The fraction = 21/50
What to be found:
Find the decimal expansion of fraction 21/50.
step 2 Multiply both numerator and denominator by 2 to make the denominator as powers of 10:
= 21/50 x 2/2
= 42/100
step 3 The numerator 42 of fraction 42/100 can also be expressed as 42.00. Being 100 as the denominator, move the decimal point 2 decimal places from right to left in the numerator to write the fraction as decimal number.
= 42/100
= 0.42
Hence,
21/50 as a decimal is 0.42