How do you find a decimal equivalent to a given fraction?

Answer 1

By hand, you do long division. Add a decimal point and as many zeros to the right of the decimal as necessary:

3/4 =

0.75

--------

4 | 3.00

0

30

28

20

20

0

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Answer 2

You have to divide the top number by the bottom number.

example:

3

---- = 0.2

15

Answer 3

you divide the numerator (number on top) by the denominator (number in the bottom)

Answer 4

So you have a fraction: A/B, and you want it to have a denominator D, so the new equivalent fraction is C/D.

So set them equal: A/B = C/D --> C = A*D/B is the new numerator