What is 5 3/8 to 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: 5 3/8 is expressed as 5.375 in the decimal form.

Let's look into the two methods to write 5 3/8 as a decimal.

Explanation: 

Method 1: Writing 5 3/8 as a decimal using the division method.

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

Here, the fraction is 5 3/8 which means we need to perform 43 ÷ 8

This gives the answer as 5.375. So, 5 3/8 to decimal is 5.375

Method 2: Writing 5 3/8 to decimal by converting the denominator to the 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 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.

5 3/8 = 43/8 = (43 × 125) / (8 × 125) = 5375/1000 = 5.375

Irrespective of the methods used, the answer to 5 3/8 to decimal will always remain the same.

You can also verify your answer using Cuemath's Fraction to Decimal Calculator.

Thus, 5 3/8 to decimal is 5.375