6/80 as a Decimal

6/80 as a decimal expansion provides the detailed information about what is 6/80 in decimal form, and the answer with steps help students to easily understand how it is being calculated.

6/80 as a Decimal
6/80 = 0.075
Hence,
6/80 as a decimal equals to 0.075
where,
6/80 is a given fraction,
The decimal expansion of 6/80 is 0.075

6/80 as a Mixed Number
The given fraction 6/80 can't be represented as a mixed number since the numerator 6 of the given fraction is smaller than the denominator 80.

The below work with steps provide the detailed information about how to convert fraction 6/80 as a decimal equivalent.
step 1 Address the input parameters and observe what to be found:
Input values:
The fraction = 6/80

What to be found:
Find the decimal expansion of fraction 6/80.

step 2 The numerator is smaller than the denominator of the fraction 6/80, 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 6/80.
= 6/80 x 100/100

step 3 Rearrange the fraction as like the below:
= 100 x 6/80 x 1/100
= 600/80 x 1/100

step 4 Simplify the above expression further:
= 600/80 x 1/100
= 560 + 40/80 x 1/100
= ( 560/80 + 40/80) x 1/100
= (7 + 40/80 ) x 1/100

step 5 Repeat the step 2 to find the decimal equivalent for the fraction 40/80 in the above expression:
= (7 + 40/80 ) x 1/100
= (7 + 0.5) x 1/100

step 6 Simplify the above expression further:
= (7 + 0.5) x 1/100
= 7.5 x 1/100
= 7.5/100
6/80= 0.075

Hence,
6/80 as a decimal is 0.075