6/13 as a Decimal
6/13 as a decimal expansion provides the detailed information about what is 6/13 in decimal form, and the answer with steps help students to easily understand how it is being calculated.
6/13 as a Decimal Expansion
6/13 = 0.4615
Hence,
6/13 as a decimal equals to 0.4615
where,
6/13 is a given fraction,
The decimal expansion of 6/13 is 0.4615
6/13 as a Mixed Number
The given fraction 6/13 can't be represented as a mixed number since the numerator 6 of the given fraction is smaller than the denominator 13.
How-to: 6/13 as a Decimal
The below work with steps provide the detailed information about how to convert fraction 6/13 as a decimal equivalent.
step 1 Address the input parameters and observe what to be found:
Input values:
The fraction = 6/13
What to be found:
Find the decimal expansion of fraction 6/13.
step 2 The numerator is smaller than the denominator of the fraction 6/13, 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 6/13.
= 6/13 x 100/100
step 3 Rearrange the fraction as like the below:
= 100 x 6/13 x 1/100
= 600/13 x 1/100
step 4 Simplify the above expression further:
= 600/13 x 1/100
= 598 + 2/13 x 1/100
= ( 598/13 + 2/13) x 1/100
= (46 + 2/13 ) x 1/100
step 5 Repeat the step 2 to find the decimal equivalent for the fraction 2/13 in the above expression:
= (46 + 2/13 ) x 1/100
= (46 + 0.154) x 1/100
step 6 Simplify the above expression further:
= (46 + 0.154) x 1/100
= 46.154 x 1/100
= 46.154/100
6/13= 0.46154
Hence,
6/13 as a decimal is 0.46154
