29/60 as a decimal expansion provides the detailed information about what is 29/60 in decimal form, and the answer with steps help students to easily understand how it is being calculated.
29/60 as a Decimal Expansion
29/60 = 0.4833
Hence,
29/60 as a decimal equals to 0.4833
where,
29/60 is a given fraction,
The decimal expansion of 29/60 is 0.4833
29/60 as a Mixed Number
The given fraction 29/60 can't be represented as a mixed number since the numerator 29 of the given fraction is smaller than the denominator 60.
The below work with steps provide the detailed information about how to convert fraction 29/60 as a decimal equivalent.
step 1 Address the input parameters and observe what to be found:
Input values:
The fraction = 29/60
What to be found:
Find the decimal expansion of fraction 29/60.
step 2 The numerator is smaller than the denominator of the fraction 29/60, 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 29/60.
= 29/60 x 10/10
step 3 Rearrange the fraction as like the below:
= 10 x 29/60 x 1/10
= 290/60 x 1/10
step 4 Simplify the above expression further:
= 290/60 x 1/10
= 240 + 50/60 x 1/10
= ( 240/60 + 50/60) x 1/10
= (4 + 50/60 ) x 1/10
step 5 Repeat the step 2 to find the decimal equivalent for the fraction 50/60 in the above expression:
= (4 + 50/60 ) x 1/10
= (4 + 0.833) x 1/10
step 6 Simplify the above expression further:
= (4 + 0.833) x 1/10
= 4.833 x 1/10
= 4.833/10
29/60= 0.4833
Hence,
29/60 as a decimal is 0.4833