24/55 as a decimal expansion provides the detailed information about what is 24/55 in decimal form, and the answer with steps help students to easily understand how it is being calculated.
24/55 as a Decimal Expansion
24/55 = 0.4364
Hence,
24/55 as a decimal equals to 0.4364
where,
24/55 is a given fraction,
The decimal expansion of 24/55 is 0.4364
24/55 as a Mixed Number
The given fraction 24/55 can't be represented as a mixed number since the numerator 24 of the given fraction is smaller than the denominator 55.
The below work with steps provide the detailed information about how to convert fraction 24/55 as a decimal equivalent.
step 1 Address the input parameters and observe what to be found:
Input values:
The fraction = 24/55
What to be found:
Find the decimal expansion of fraction 24/55.
step 2 The numerator is smaller than the denominator of the fraction 24/55, 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 24/55.
= 24/55 x 10/10
step 3 Rearrange the fraction as like the below:
= 10 x 24/55 x 1/10
= 240/55 x 1/10
step 4 Simplify the above expression further:
= 240/55 x 1/10
= 220 + 20/55 x 1/10
= ( 220/55 + 20/55) x 1/10
= (4 + 20/55 ) x 1/10
step 5 Repeat the step 2 to find the decimal equivalent for the fraction 20/55 in the above expression:
= (4 + 20/55 ) x 1/10
= (4 + 0.364) x 1/10
step 6 Simplify the above expression further:
= (4 + 0.364) x 1/10
= 4.364 x 1/10
= 4.364/10
24/55= 0.4364
Hence,
24/55 as a decimal is 0.4364