5/71 as a Decimal

5/71 as a decimal expansion provides the detailed information about what is 5/71 in decimal form, and the answer with steps help students to easily understand how it is being calculated.

5/71 as a Decimal
5/71 = 0.0704
Hence,
5/71 as a decimal equals to 0.0704
where,
5/71 is a given fraction,
The decimal expansion of 5/71 is 0.0704

5/71 as a Mixed Number
The given fraction 5/71 can't be represented as a mixed number since the numerator 5 of the given fraction is smaller than the denominator 71.

The below work with steps provide the detailed information about how to convert fraction 5/71 as a decimal equivalent.
step 1 Address the input parameters and observe what to be found:
Input values:
The fraction = 5/71

What to be found:
Find the decimal expansion of fraction 5/71.

step 2 The numerator is smaller than the denominator of the fraction 5/71, 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 5/71.
= 5/71 x 100/100

step 3 Rearrange the fraction as like the below:
= 100 x 5/71 x 1/100
= 500/71 x 1/100

step 4 Simplify the above expression further:
= 500/71 x 1/100
= 497 + 3/71 x 1/100
= ( 497/71 + 3/71) x 1/100
= (7 + 3/71 ) x 1/100

step 5 Repeat the step 2 to find the decimal equivalent for the fraction 3/71 in the above expression:
= (7 + 3/71 ) x 1/100
= (7 + 0.042) x 1/100

step 6 Simplify the above expression further:
= (7 + 0.042) x 1/100
= 7.042 x 1/100
= 7.042/100
5/71= 0.07042

Hence,
5/71 as a decimal is 0.07042