8/35 as a Decimal

8/35 as a decimal expansion provides the detailed information about what is 8/35 in decimal form, and the answer with steps help students to easily understand how it is being calculated.
8/35 as a Decimal Expansion
8/35 = 0.2286
Hence,
8/35 as a decimal equals to 0.2286
where,
8/35 is a given fraction,
The decimal expansion of 8/35 is 0.2286
8/35 as a Mixed Number
The given fraction 8/35 can't be represented as a mixed number since the numerator 8 of the given fraction is smaller than the denominator 35.
How-to: 8/35 as a Decimal
The below work with steps provide the detailed information about how to convert fraction 8/35 as a decimal equivalent.
step 1 Address the input parameters and observe what to be found:
Input values:
The fraction = 8/35
What to be found:
Find the decimal expansion of fraction 8/35.
step 2 The numerator is smaller than the denominator of the fraction 8/35, 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 8/35.
= 8/35 x 100/100
step 3 Rearrange the fraction as like the below:
= 100 x 8/35 x 1/100
= 800/35 x 1/100
step 4 Simplify the above expression further:
= 800/35 x 1/100
= 770 + 30/35 x 1/100
= ( 770/35 + 30/35) x 1/100
= (22 + 30/35 ) x 1/100
step 5 Repeat the step 2 to find the decimal equivalent for the fraction 30/35 in the above expression:
= (22 + 30/35 ) x 1/100
= (22 + 0.857) x 1/100
step 6 Simplify the above expression further:
= (22 + 0.857) x 1/100
= 22.857 x 1/100
= 22.857/100
8/35= 0.22857
Hence,
8/35 as a decimal is 0.22857
