Convert Fraction to Decimal: Solving 6/15 Step-by-Step

Convert into decimal form:

$\frac{6}{15}$

Let's divide both the numerator and denominator by a number that will help us get a denominator of 5:

$\frac{6:3}{15:3}=\frac{2}{5}$

Now let's multiply both the numerator and denominator by a number that will help us get a denominator of 10:

$\frac{2\times2}{5\times2}=\frac{4}{10}$

Let's write the simple fraction as a decimal fraction:

$4.0$

Since we are dividing by 10, the decimal point will move one place to the left, so we get:

$.40$

Let's add the 0 before the decimal point as follows:

$0.40=0.4$