What is 3/20 as a decimal?

A decimal number can be defined as a number whose whole number part and the fractional part are separated by a decimal point. 

Answer: 3/20 as a decimal is 0.15.

Let's look into the two methods to write 3/20 as a decimal.

Explanation: 

Method 1: Writing 3/20 as a decimal using the division method.

To convert any fraction to decimal form, we just need to divide its numerator by denominator.

Here, the fraction is 3/20 which means we need to perform 3 ÷ 20.

This gives the answer as 0.15. So, 3/20 as a decimal is 0.15.

Method 2: Writing 3/20 as a decimal by converting the denominator to powers of 10.

Step 1: Find a number that we can multiply by the denominator of the fraction to make it 10 or 100 or 1000 and so on.

Step 2: Multiply both numerator and denominator by that number to convert it into its equivalent fraction.

Step 3: Then write down just the numerator, putting the decimal point in the correct place, that is, one space from the right-hand side for every zero in the denominator.

3/20 = (3 × 5) / (20 × 5) = 15/100 = 0.15

Irrespective of the methods used, the answer to 3/20 as a decimal will always remain the same.

You can also verify your answer using Cuemath's fraction to decimal calculator.

Thus, 3/20 as a decimal is 0.15.