How do you express a fraction as a decimal?

Answer 1

Divide the numerator by the denominator and express it as a decimal number (it may not be an exact number, so you may have to decide the number of decimal places).

Examples:

For the fraction 1/2, you would divide the numerator (1) by the denominator (2) and the answer turns out to be a decimal, exactly 0.5

For 5/8, the decimal is exactly 0.625

For 1/3, the decimal repeats, so it could be 0.33 or 0.3333 (repeats infinitely)