40/240 as a Decimal

40/240 as a decimal expansion provides the detailed information about what is 40/240 in decimal form, and the answer with steps help students to easily understand how it is being calculated.

40/240 as a Decimal
40/240 = 0.1667
Hence,
40/240 as a decimal equals to 0.1667
where,
40/240 is a given fraction,
The decimal expansion of 40/240 is 0.1667

40/240 as a Mixed Number
The given fraction 40/240 can't be represented as a mixed number since the numerator 40 of the given fraction is smaller than the denominator 240.

The below work with steps provide the detailed information about how to convert fraction 40/240 as a decimal equivalent.
step 1 Address the input parameters and observe what to be found:
Input values:
The fraction = 40/240

What to be found:
Find the decimal expansion of fraction 40/240.

step 2 The numerator is smaller than the denominator of the fraction 40/240, 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 40/240.
= 40/240 x 100/100

step 3 Rearrange the fraction as like the below:
= 100 x 40/240 x 1/100
= 4000/240 x 1/100

step 4 Simplify the above expression further:
= 4000/240 x 1/100
= 3840 + 160/240 x 1/100
= ( 3840/240 + 160/240) x 1/100
= (16 + 160/240 ) x 1/100

step 5 Repeat the step 2 to find the decimal equivalent for the fraction 160/240 in the above expression:
= (16 + 160/240 ) x 1/100
= (16 + 0.667) x 1/100

step 6 Simplify the above expression further:
= (16 + 0.667) x 1/100
= 16.667 x 1/100
= 16.667/100
40/240= 0.16667

Hence,
40/240 as a decimal is 0.16667