2/17 as a decimal expansion provides the detailed information about what is 2/17 in decimal form, and the answer with steps help students to easily understand how it is being calculated.
2/17 as a Decimal Expansion
2/17 = 0.1176
Hence,
2/17 as a decimal equals to 0.1176
where,
2/17 is a given fraction,
The decimal expansion of 2/17 is 0.1176
2/17 as a Mixed Number
The given fraction 2/17 can't be represented as a mixed number since the numerator 2 of the given fraction is smaller than the denominator 17.
The below work with steps provide the detailed information about how to convert fraction 2/17 as a decimal equivalent.
step 1 Address the input parameters and observe what to be found:
Input values:
The fraction = 2/17
What to be found:
Find the decimal expansion of fraction 2/17.
step 2 The numerator is smaller than the denominator of the fraction 2/17, so find how many 10s should be multiplied with both numerator and denominator. Since the denominator is having 1 more digits than the numerator, multiply 100 with both numerator and denominator of 2/17.
= 2/17 x 100/100
step 3 Rearrange the fraction as like the below:
= 100 x 2/17 x 1/100
= 200/17 x 1/100
step 4 Simplify the above expression further:
= 200/17 x 1/100
= 187 + 13/17 x 1/100
= ( 187/17 + 13/17) x 1/100
= (11 + 13/17 ) x 1/100
step 5 Repeat the step 2 to find the decimal equivalent for the fraction 13/17 in the above expression:
= (11 + 13/17 ) x 1/100
= (11 + 0.765) x 1/100
step 6 Simplify the above expression further:
= (11 + 0.765) x 1/100
= 11.765 x 1/100
= 11.765/100
2/17= 0.11765
Hence,
2/17 as a decimal is 0.11765