A fraction where the denominator (the bottom number) is a power of ten (such as 10, 100, 1000, etc). You can write decimal fractions with a decimal point (and no denominator), which makes it easier to do calculations like addition and multiplication on fractions.
How to Convert 3/8 as a decimal
Method 1
3/8 is expanded to 375/1000 by multiplying the numerator by 125 and denominator by 125:
3 3 x 125 375
---- = ---------- = ------- = 0.375
8 8 x 125 1000
Answer: 3/8 as a Decimal = 0.375
Method 2
Use long division to divide the fraction’s numerator by the fraction’s denominator.
Calculate 3/8 by long division of 3 divided by 8:
8 | 3 | 0.375
0
------
30
24
-------
60
56
-------
40
40
Answer: 3/8 as a Decimal = 0.375
Mathod 3
For Percentage Conversion :
Step 1: To represent 0.375 in percentage, write 0.375 as a fraction
Fraction = 0.375/1
Step 2: multiply 100 to both numerator & denominator
(0.375 x 100)/(1 x 100) = 37.5/100
37.5% is the percentage representation for 3/8
Fraction to a decimal conversion
Fraction | Decimal |
---|---|
1/2 | 0.5 |
1/3 | 0.33333333 |
2/3 | 0.66666667 |
1/4 | 0.25 |
2/4 | 0.5 |
3/4 | 0.75 |
1/5 | 0.2 |
2/5 | 0.4 |
3/5 | 0.6 |
4/5 | 0.8 |
1/6 | 0.16666667 |
2/6 | 0.33333333 |
3/6 | 0.5 |
4/6 | 0.66666667 |
5/6 | 0.83333333 |
1/7 | 0.14285714 |
2/7 | 0.28571429 |
3/7 | 0.42857143 |
4/7 | 0.57142858 |
5/7 | 0.71428571 |
6/7 | 0.85714286 |
1/8 | 0.125 |
2/8 | 0.25 |
3/8 | 0.375 |
4/8 | 0.5 |
5/8 | 0.625 |
6/8 | 0.75 |
7/8 | 0.875 |
1/9 | 0.11111111 |
2/9 | 0.22222222 |
3/9 | 0.33333333 |
4/9 | 0.44444444 |
5/9 | 0.55555556 |
6/9 | 0.66666667 |
7/9 | 0.77777778 |
8/9 | 0.88888889 |
1/10 | 0.1 |
2/10 | 0.2 |
3/10 | 0.3 |
4/10 | 0.4 |
5/10 | 0.5 |
6/10 | 0.6 |
7/10 | 0.7 |
8/10 | 0.8 |
9/10 | 0.9 |
1/11 | 0.09090909 |
2/11 | 0.18181818 |
3/11 | 0.27272727 |
4/11 | 0.36363636 |
5/11 | 0.45454545 |
6/11 | 0.54545454 |
7/11 | 0.63636363 |
8/11 | 0.72727272 |
9/11 | 0.81818181 |
10/11 | 0.90909091 |