42/125 as a Decimal

42/125 as a decimal expansion provides the detailed information about what is 42/125 in decimal form, and the answer with steps help students to easily understand how it is being calculated.

42/125 as a Decimal
42/125 = 0.336
Hence,
42/125 as a decimal equals to 0.336
where,
42/125 is a given fraction,
The decimal expansion of 42/125 is 0.336

42/125 as a Mixed Number
The given fraction 42/125 can't be represented as a mixed number since the numerator 42 of the given fraction is smaller than the denominator 125.

The below work with steps provide the detailed information about how to convert fraction 42/125 as a decimal equivalent.
step 1 Address the input parameters and observe what to be found:
Input values:
The fraction = 42/125

What to be found:
Find the decimal expansion of fraction 42/125.

step 2 Multiply both numerator and denominator by 8 to make the denominator as powers of 10:
= 42/125 x 8/8
= 336/1000


step 3 The numerator 336 of fraction 336/1000 can also be expressed as 0.336. Being 1000 as the denominator, move the decimal point 3 decimal places from right to left in the numerator to write the fraction as decimal number.
= 336/1000
= 0.336

Hence,
42/125 as a decimal is 0.336