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

Question

Convert into decimal form:

615 \frac{6}{15}

Video Solution

Step-by-Step Solution

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

6:315:3=25 \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:

2×25×2=410 \frac{2\times2}{5\times2}=\frac{4}{10}

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

4.0 4.0

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

.40 .40

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

0.40=0.4 0.40=0.4

Answer

0.4