72/2 as a Decimal

72/2 as a decimal expansion provides the detailed information about what is 72/2 in decimal form, and the answer with steps help students to easily understand how it is being calculated.

72/2 as a Decimal
72/2 = 36
Hence,
72/2 as a decimal equals to 36
where,
72/2 is a given fraction,
The decimal expansion of 72/2 is 36

72/2 as a Mixed Number
The given fraction 72/2 can't be represented as a mixed number since the numerator 72 is exactly divisible by the denominator 2.

The below work with steps provide the detailed information about how to convert fraction 72/2 as a decimal equivalent.
step 1 Address the input parameters and observe what to be found:
Input values:
The fraction = 72/2

What to be found:
Find the decimal expansion of fraction 72/2.

step 2 Multiply both numerator and denominator by 5 to make the denominator as powers of 10:
= 72/2 x 5/5
= 360/10


step 3 The numerator 360 of fraction 360/10 can also be expressed as 36. Being 10 as the denominator, move the decimal point 1 decimal places from right to left in the numerator to write the fraction as decimal number.
= 360/10
= 36

Hence,
72/2 as a decimal is 36