36/5 as a Decimal and Mixed Number

36/5 as a decimal and mixed number expansion provides the detailed information about what is 36/5 in decimal and mixed number form, and the answer with steps help students to easily understand how it is being calculated.

36/5 as a Decimal Expansion
36/5 = 7.2
Hence,
36/5 as a decimal equals to 7.2
where,
36/5 is a given fraction,
The decimal expansion of 36/5 is 7.2

36/5 as a Mixed Number
36/5 = (35 + 1)/5
= 35/5 + 1/5
= 7 + 1/5
= 7 1/5
36/5 = 7 1/5

Hence,
36/5 as a mixed number is 7 ¹/₅
where,
36/5 is a given fraction,
7 ¹/₅ is the mixed number representation of 36/5.

The below work with steps provide the detailed information about how to convert fraction 36/5 as a decimal equivalent.
step 1 Address the input parameters and observe what to be found:
Input values:
The fraction = 36/5

What to be found:
Find the equivalent decimal expansion and mixed number for fraction 36/5.

step 2 Multiply both numerator and denominator by 2 to make the denominator as powers of 10:
= 36/5 x 2/2
= 72/10


step 3 The numerator 72 of fraction 72/10 can also be expressed as 72.00. Being 10 as the denominator, move the decimal point 1 decimal places from right to left in the numerator to write the fraction as decimal number.
= 72/10
= 7.2

Hence,
36/5 as a decimal is 7.2