79/2 as a Decimal and Mixed Number

79/2 as a decimal and mixed number expansion provides the detailed information about what is 79/2 in decimal and mixed number form, and the answer with steps help students to easily understand how it is being calculated.

79/2 as a Decimal Expansion
79/2 = 39.5
Hence,
79/2 as a decimal equals to 39.5
where,
79/2 is a given fraction,
The decimal expansion of 79/2 is 39.5

79/2 as a Mixed Number
79/2 = (78 + 1)/2
= 78/2 + 1/2
= 39 + 1/2
= 39 1/2
79/2 = 39 1/2

Hence,
79/2 as a mixed number is 39 ¹/₂
where,
79/2 is a given fraction,
39 ¹/₂ is the mixed number representation of 79/2.

The below work with steps provide the detailed information about how to convert fraction 79/2 as a decimal equivalent.
step 1 Address the input parameters and observe what to be found:
Input values:
The fraction = 79/2

What to be found:
Find the equivalent decimal expansion and mixed number for fraction 79/2.

step 2 Multiply both numerator and denominator by 5 to make the denominator as powers of 10:
= 79/2 x 5/5
= 395/10


step 3 The numerator 395 of fraction 395/10 can also be expressed as 395.00. 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.
= 395/10
= 39.5

Hence,
79/2 as a decimal is 39.5