9/42 as a Decimal

9/42 as a decimal expansion provides the detailed information about what is 9/42 in decimal form, and the answer with steps help students to easily understand how it is being calculated.

9/42 as a Decimal
9/42 = 0.2143
Hence,
9/42 as a decimal equals to 0.2143
where,
9/42 is a given fraction,
The decimal expansion of 9/42 is 0.2143

9/42 as a Mixed Number
The given fraction 9/42 can't be represented as a mixed number since the numerator 9 of the given fraction is smaller than the denominator 42.

The below work with steps provide the detailed information about how to convert fraction 9/42 as a decimal equivalent.
step 1 Address the input parameters and observe what to be found:
Input values:
The fraction = 9/42

What to be found:
Find the decimal expansion of fraction 9/42.

step 2 The numerator is smaller than the denominator of the fraction 9/42, 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 9/42.
= 9/42 x 100/100

step 3 Rearrange the fraction as like the below:
= 100 x 9/42 x 1/100
= 900/42 x 1/100

step 4 Simplify the above expression further:
= 900/42 x 1/100
= 882 + 18/42 x 1/100
= ( 882/42 + 18/42) x 1/100
= (21 + 18/42 ) x 1/100

step 5 Repeat the step 2 to find the decimal equivalent for the fraction 18/42 in the above expression:
= (21 + 18/42 ) x 1/100
= (21 + 0.429) x 1/100

step 6 Simplify the above expression further:
= (21 + 0.429) x 1/100
= 21.429 x 1/100
= 21.429/100
9/42= 0.21429

Hence,
9/42 as a decimal is 0.21429