4/15 as a Decimal
4/15 as a decimal expansion provides the detailed information about what is 4/15 in decimal form, and the answer with steps help students to easily understand how it is being calculated.
4/15 as a Decimal Expansion
4/15 = 0.2667
Hence,
4/15 as a decimal equals to 0.2667
where,
4/15 is a given fraction,
The decimal expansion of 4/15 is 0.2667
4/15 as a Mixed Number
The given fraction 4/15 can't be represented as a mixed number since the numerator 4 of the given fraction is smaller than the denominator 15.
How-to: 4/15 as a Decimal
The below work with steps provide the detailed information about how to convert fraction 4/15 as a decimal equivalent.
step 1 Address the input parameters and observe what to be found:
Input values:
The fraction = 4/15
What to be found:
Find the decimal expansion of fraction 4/15.
step 2 The numerator is smaller than the denominator of the fraction 4/15, 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 4/15.
= 4/15 x 100/100
step 3 Rearrange the fraction as like the below:
= 100 x 4/15 x 1/100
= 400/15 x 1/100
step 4 Simplify the above expression further:
= 400/15 x 1/100
= 390 + 10/15 x 1/100
= ( 390/15 + 10/15) x 1/100
= (26 + 10/15 ) x 1/100
step 5 Repeat the step 2 to find the decimal equivalent for the fraction 10/15 in the above expression:
= (26 + 10/15 ) x 1/100
= (26 + 0.667) x 1/100
step 6 Simplify the above expression further:
= (26 + 0.667) x 1/100
= 26.667 x 1/100
= 26.667/100
4/15= 0.26667
Hence,
4/15 as a decimal is 0.26667
