5/24 as a decimal expansion provides the detailed information about what is 5/24 in decimal form, and the answer with steps help students to easily understand how it is being calculated.
5/24 as a Decimal Expansion
5/24 = 0.2083
Hence,
5/24 as a decimal equals to 0.2083
where,
5/24 is a given fraction,
The decimal expansion of 5/24 is 0.2083
5/24 as a Mixed Number
The given fraction 5/24 can't be represented as a mixed number since the numerator 5 of the given fraction is smaller than the denominator 24.
The below work with steps provide the detailed information about how to convert fraction 5/24 as a decimal equivalent.
step 1 Address the input parameters and observe what to be found:
Input values:
The fraction = 5/24
What to be found:
Find the decimal expansion of fraction 5/24.
step 2 The numerator is smaller than the denominator of the fraction 5/24, 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 5/24.
= 5/24 x 100/100
step 3 Rearrange the fraction as like the below:
= 100 x 5/24 x 1/100
= 500/24 x 1/100
step 4 Simplify the above expression further:
= 500/24 x 1/100
= 480 + 20/24 x 1/100
= ( 480/24 + 20/24) x 1/100
= (20 + 20/24 ) x 1/100
step 5 Repeat the step 2 to find the decimal equivalent for the fraction 20/24 in the above expression:
= (20 + 20/24 ) x 1/100
= (20 + 0.833) x 1/100
step 6 Simplify the above expression further:
= (20 + 0.833) x 1/100
= 20.833 x 1/100
= 20.833/100
5/24= 0.20833
Hence,
5/24 as a decimal is 0.20833