6/48 as a Decimal

6/48 as a decimal expansion provides the detailed information about what is 6/48 in decimal form, and the answer with steps help students to easily understand how it is being calculated.

6/48 as a Decimal
6/48 = 0.125
Hence,
6/48 as a decimal equals to 0.125
where,
6/48 is a given fraction,
The decimal expansion of 6/48 is 0.125

6/48 as a Mixed Number
The given fraction 6/48 can't be represented as a mixed number since the numerator 6 of the given fraction is smaller than the denominator 48.

The below work with steps provide the detailed information about how to convert fraction 6/48 as a decimal equivalent.
step 1 Address the input parameters and observe what to be found:
Input values:
The fraction = 6/48

What to be found:
Find the decimal expansion of fraction 6/48.

step 2 The numerator is smaller than the denominator of the fraction 6/48, 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 6/48.
= 6/48 x 100/100

step 3 Rearrange the fraction as like the below:
= 100 x 6/48 x 1/100
= 600/48 x 1/100

step 4 Simplify the above expression further:
= 600/48 x 1/100
= 576 + 24/48 x 1/100
= ( 576/48 + 24/48) x 1/100
= (12 + 24/48 ) x 1/100

step 5 Repeat the step 2 to find the decimal equivalent for the fraction 24/48 in the above expression:
= (12 + 24/48 ) x 1/100
= (12 + 0.5) x 1/100

step 6 Simplify the above expression further:
= (12 + 0.5) x 1/100
= 12.5 x 1/100
= 12.5/100
6/48= 0.125

Hence,
6/48 as a decimal is 0.125