6/120 as a Decimal

6/120 as a decimal expansion provides the detailed information about what is 6/120 in decimal form, and the answer with steps help students to easily understand how it is being calculated.

6/120 as a Decimal
6/120 = 0.05
Hence,
6/120 as a decimal equals to 0.05
where,
6/120 is a given fraction,
The decimal expansion of 6/120 is 0.05

6/120 as a Mixed Number
The given fraction 6/120 can't be represented as a mixed number since the numerator 6 of the given fraction is smaller than the denominator 120.

The below work with steps provide the detailed information about how to convert fraction 6/120 as a decimal equivalent.
step 1 Address the input parameters and observe what to be found:
Input values:
The fraction = 6/120

What to be found:
Find the decimal expansion of fraction 6/120.

step 2 The numerator is smaller than the denominator of the fraction 6/120, so find how many 10s should be multiplied with both numerator and denominator. Since the denominator is having 2 more digits than the numerator, multiply 1000 with both numerator and denominator of 6/120.
= 6/120 x 1000/1000

step 3 Rearrange the fraction as like the below:
= 1000 x 6/120 x 1/1000
= 6000/120 x 1/1000

step 4 Simplify the above expression further:
= 6000/120 x 1/1000
= 50 x 1/1000
= 50/1000
= 0.05

Hence,
6/120 as a decimal is 0.05