What is 3/25 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. For example, 2.3 is a decimal number in which 2 is the whole number part and 3 is the fractional part.
Answer: 3/25 as a decimal is 0.12.
Let's look into the two methods to write 3/25 as a decimal.
Explanation:
Method 1: Solving 3/25 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 3/25 which means we need to perform 3 ÷ 25.
Since the numerator is less than the denominator, we have to first put the decimal in the quotient.
By proceeding with the long division method, we have obtained 3/25 as a decimal is 0.12.
So, 3/25 as a decimal is 0.12.
Method 2: Solving 3/25 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 towards the left starting from the right-hand side for every zero in the denominator.
3/25 = (3 × 4) / (25 × 4) = 12/100 = 0.12
Irrespective of the methods used, the answer to 3/25 as a decimal will always remain the same.
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