3/60 as a Decimal

3/60 as a decimal expansion provides the detailed information about what is 3/60 in decimal form, and the answer with steps help students to easily understand how it is being calculated.

3/60 as a Decimal
3/60 = 0.05
Hence,
3/60 as a decimal equals to 0.05
where,
3/60 is a given fraction,
The decimal expansion of 3/60 is 0.05

3/60 as a Mixed Number
The given fraction 3/60 can't be represented as a mixed number since the numerator 3 of the given fraction is smaller than the denominator 60.

The below work with steps provide the detailed information about how to convert fraction 3/60 as a decimal equivalent.
step 1 Address the input parameters and observe what to be found:
Input values:
The fraction = 3/60

What to be found:
Find the decimal expansion of fraction 3/60.

step 2 The numerator is smaller than the denominator of the fraction 3/60, 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 3/60.
= 3/60 x 100/100

step 3 Rearrange the fraction as like the below:
= 100 x 3/60 x 1/100
= 300/60 x 1/100

step 4 Simplify the above expression further:
= 300/60 x 1/100
= 5 x 1/100
= 5/100
= 0.05

Hence,
3/60 as a decimal is 0.05