How do you convert 3/20 into a decimal and percent?

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trisanualb6 · Accepted Answer

Divide the numerator by the denominator to change to a decimal. Then multiply the decimal by 100% to change to a percent.

\frac{3}{20} = 0.15

0.15 \times 100 % = 15 %

Percent is parts per hundred so the numerator of a number with 100 as the denominator is the percent .

\frac{3}{20} \times \frac{5}{5} = \frac{15}{100}

so

\frac{3}{20} = 15 %

sonorous9n · Accepted Answer

Method 1: Writing 3/20 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 3/20 which means we need to perform

3 \div 20

.
This gives the answer as 0.15. So 3/20 as a decimal is 0.15
Method 2: Writing 3/20 as a decimal by converting the denominator to powers of 10.
Step 1: Find a number 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 its 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.

\frac{3}{20} = \frac{3 \times 5}{20 \times 5} = \frac{15}{100} = 0.15

Irrespective of the methods used, the answer to 3/20 as a decimal will always remain the same.
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