What is 4/10 as a decimal?
A fraction can be a portion or section of any quantity out of a whole. We will express 4/10 as a decimal.
Answer: The fraction 4/10 written as a decimal number is equal to 0.4.
Let's convert 4/10 as a decimal using the following two methods.
Explanation:
Method 1: Writing 4/10 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 4/10 which means we need to perform 4 ÷ 10
4/10 = 4 ÷ 10 = 0.4
This gives the answer as 0.4. So, 4/10 as a decimal is 0.4
Method 2: Writing 4/10 as a decimal by converting the denominator to powers of 10
Step 1: Find a number such 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 it's an 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.
4/10 = (4 × 1) / (10 × 1) = 4/10 = 0.4
Irrespective of the methods used, the answer to 4/10 as a decimal will always remain the same.
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