38/39 as a Decimal
38/39 as a decimal expansion provides the detailed information about what is 38/39 in decimal form, and the answer with steps help students to easily understand how it is being calculated.
38/39 as a Decimal Expansion
38/39 = 0.9744
Hence,
38/39 as a decimal equals to 0.9744
where,
38/39 is a given fraction,
The decimal expansion of 38/39 is 0.9744
38/39 as a Mixed Number
The given fraction 38/39 can't be represented as a mixed number since the numerator 38 of the given fraction is smaller than the denominator 39.
How-to: 38/39 as a Decimal
The below work with steps provide the detailed information about how to convert fraction 38/39 as a decimal equivalent.
step 1 Address the input parameters and observe what to be found:
Input values:
The fraction = 38/39
What to be found:
Find the decimal expansion of fraction 38/39.
step 2 The numerator is smaller than the denominator of the fraction 38/39, 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 38/39.
= 38/39 x 10/10
step 3 Rearrange the fraction as like the below:
= 10 x 38/39 x 1/10
= 380/39 x 1/10
step 4 Simplify the above expression further:
= 380/39 x 1/10
= 351 + 29/39 x 1/10
= ( 351/39 + 29/39) x 1/10
= (9 + 29/39 ) x 1/10
step 5 Repeat the step 2 to find the decimal equivalent for the fraction 29/39 in the above expression:
= (9 + 29/39 ) x 1/10
= (9 + 0.744) x 1/10
step 6 Simplify the above expression further:
= (9 + 0.744) x 1/10
= 9.744 x 1/10
= 9.744/10
38/39= 0.9744
Hence,
38/39 as a decimal is 0.9744
