240/20 as a Decimal

240/20 as a decimal expansion provides the detailed information about what is 240/20 in decimal form, and the answer with steps help students to easily understand how it is being calculated.

240/20 as a Decimal
240/20 = 12
Hence,
240/20 as a decimal equals to 12
where,
240/20 is a given fraction,
The decimal expansion of 240/20 is 12

240/20 as a Mixed Number
The given fraction 240/20 can't be represented as a mixed number since the numerator 240 is exactly divisible by the denominator 20.

The below work with steps provide the detailed information about how to convert fraction 240/20 as a decimal equivalent.
step 1 Address the input parameters and observe what to be found:
Input values:
The fraction = 240/20

What to be found:
Find the decimal expansion of fraction 240/20.

step 2 Multiply both numerator and denominator by 5 to make the denominator as powers of 10:
= 240/20 x 5/5
= 1200/100


step 3 The numerator 1200 of fraction 1200/100 can also be expressed as 12. 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.
= 1200/100
= 12

Hence,
240/20 as a decimal is 12