38/338 as a decimal expansion provides the detailed information about what is 38/338 in decimal form, and the answer with steps help students to easily understand how it is being calculated.
38/338 as a Decimal
38/338 = 0.1124
Hence,
38/338 as a decimal equals to 0.1124
where,
38/338 is a given fraction,
The decimal expansion of 38/338 is 0.1124
38/338 as a Mixed Number
The given fraction 38/338 can't be represented as a mixed number since the numerator 38 of the given fraction is smaller than the denominator 338.
The below work with steps provide the detailed information about how to convert fraction 38/338 as a decimal equivalent.
step 1 Address the input parameters and observe what to be found:
Input values:
The fraction = 38/338
What to be found:
Find the decimal expansion of fraction 38/338.
step 2 The numerator is smaller than the denominator of the fraction 38/338, 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 38/338.
= 38/338 x 100/100
step 3 Rearrange the fraction as like the below:
= 100 x 38/338 x 1/100
= 3800/338 x 1/100
step 4 Simplify the above expression further:
= 3800/338 x 1/100
= 3718 + 82/338 x 1/100
= ( 3718/338 + 82/338) x 1/100
= (11 + 82/338 ) x 1/100
step 5 Repeat the step 2 to find the decimal equivalent for the fraction 82/338 in the above expression:
= (11 + 82/338 ) x 1/100
= (11 + 0.243) x 1/100
step 6 Simplify the above expression further:
= (11 + 0.243) x 1/100
= 11.243 x 1/100
= 11.243/100
38/338= 0.11243
Hence,
38/338 as a decimal is 0.11243