7/42 as a Decimal

7/42 as a decimal expansion provides the detailed information about what is 7/42 in decimal form, and the answer with steps help students to easily understand how it is being calculated.

7/42 as a Decimal
7/42 = 0.1667
Hence,
7/42 as a decimal equals to 0.1667
where,
7/42 is a given fraction,
The decimal expansion of 7/42 is 0.1667

7/42 as a Mixed Number
The given fraction 7/42 can't be represented as a mixed number since the numerator 7 of the given fraction is smaller than the denominator 42.

The below work with steps provide the detailed information about how to convert fraction 7/42 as a decimal equivalent.
step 1 Address the input parameters and observe what to be found:
Input values:
The fraction = 7/42

What to be found:
Find the decimal expansion of fraction 7/42.

step 2 The numerator is smaller than the denominator of the fraction 7/42, 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 7/42.
= 7/42 x 100/100

step 3 Rearrange the fraction as like the below:
= 100 x 7/42 x 1/100
= 700/42 x 1/100

step 4 Simplify the above expression further:
= 700/42 x 1/100
= 672 + 28/42 x 1/100
= ( 672/42 + 28/42) x 1/100
= (16 + 28/42 ) x 1/100

step 5 Repeat the step 2 to find the decimal equivalent for the fraction 28/42 in the above expression:
= (16 + 28/42 ) x 1/100
= (16 + 0.667) x 1/100

step 6 Simplify the above expression further:
= (16 + 0.667) x 1/100
= 16.667 x 1/100
= 16.667/100
7/42= 0.16667

Hence,
7/42 as a decimal is 0.16667