52/53 as a Decimal

52/53 as a decimal expansion provides the detailed information about what is 52/53 in decimal form, and the answer with steps help students to easily understand how it is being calculated.
52/53 as a Decimal Expansion
52/53 = 0.9811
Hence,
52/53 as a decimal equals to 0.9811
where,
52/53 is a given fraction,
The decimal expansion of 52/53 is 0.9811
52/53 as a Mixed Number
The given fraction 52/53 can't be represented as a mixed number since the numerator 52 of the given fraction is smaller than the denominator 53.
How-to: 52/53 as a Decimal
The below work with steps provide the detailed information about how to convert fraction 52/53 as a decimal equivalent.
step 1 Address the input parameters and observe what to be found:
Input values:
The fraction = 52/53
What to be found:
Find the decimal expansion of fraction 52/53.
step 2 The numerator is smaller than the denominator of the fraction 52/53, so find how many 10s should be multiplied with both numerator and denominator. Since the number of digits are equal in both numerator and denominator, multiply 10 with both numerator and denominator of 52/53.
= 52/53 x 10/10
step 3 Rearrange the fraction as like the below:
= 10 x 52/53 x 1/10
= 520/53 x 1/10
step 4 Simplify the above expression further:
= 520/53 x 1/10
= 477 + 43/53 x 1/10
= ( 477/53 + 43/53) x 1/10
= (9 + 43/53 ) x 1/10
step 5 Repeat the step 2 to find the decimal equivalent for the fraction 43/53 in the above expression:
= (9 + 43/53 ) x 1/10
= (9 + 0.811) x 1/10
step 6 Simplify the above expression further:
= (9 + 0.811) x 1/10
= 9.811 x 1/10
= 9.811/10
52/53= 0.9811
Hence,
52/53 as a decimal is 0.9811
