3/31 as a Decimal
3/31 as a decimal expansion provides the detailed information about what is 3/31 in decimal form, and the answer with steps help students to easily understand how it is being calculated.
3/31 as a Decimal Expansion
3/31 = 0.0968
Hence,
3/31 as a decimal equals to 0.0968
where,
3/31 is a given fraction,
The decimal expansion of 3/31 is 0.0968
3/31 as a Mixed Number
The given fraction 3/31 can't be represented as a mixed number since the numerator 3 of the given fraction is smaller than the denominator 31.
How-to: 3/31 as a Decimal
The below work with steps provide the detailed information about how to convert fraction 3/31 as a decimal equivalent.
step 1 Address the input parameters and observe what to be found:
Input values:
The fraction = 3/31
What to be found:
Find the decimal expansion of fraction 3/31.
step 2 The numerator is smaller than the denominator of the fraction 3/31, 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 3/31.
= 3/31 x 100/100
step 3 Rearrange the fraction as like the below:
= 100 x 3/31 x 1/100
= 300/31 x 1/100
step 4 Simplify the above expression further:
= 300/31 x 1/100
= 279 + 21/31 x 1/100
= ( 279/31 + 21/31) x 1/100
= (9 + 21/31 ) x 1/100
step 5 Repeat the step 2 to find the decimal equivalent for the fraction 21/31 in the above expression:
= (9 + 21/31 ) x 1/100
= (9 + 0.677) x 1/100
step 6 Simplify the above expression further:
= (9 + 0.677) x 1/100
= 9.677 x 1/100
= 9.677/100
3/31= 0.09677
Hence,
3/31 as a decimal is 0.09677
