What Is 3/40 as a Decimal + Solution With Free Steps

The fraction 3/40 as a decimal is equal to 0.075.The Division operation can be expressed using either the “Long Division Process“, where the result is in the form of a decimal number, or the “Fraction” expression, where the numbers are written as s/t. This article will deal with how we can convert Fractional values to decimal form using the Long division process.Here, we are interested more in the types of division that results in a Decimal value, as this can be expressed as a Fraction. We see fractions as a way of showing two numbers having the operation of Division between them that result in a value that lies between two Integers.Now, we introduce the method used to solve said fraction to decimal conversion, called Long Division which we will discuss in detail moving forward. So, let’s go through the Solution of fraction 3/40.

Solution

First, we convert the fraction components i.e., the numerator and the denominator, and transform them into the division constituents i.e., the Dividend and the Divisor respectively. This can be seen done as follows:

Dividend = 3

Divisor = 40

Now, we introduce the most important quantity in our process of division, this is the Quotient. The value represents the Solution to our division, and can be expressed as having the following relationship with the Division constituents:

Quotient = Dividend $\div$ Divisor = 3 $\div$ 40

This is when we go through the Long Division solution to our problem. Given below is the long division of fraction 3/40 in Figure:

3/40 Long Division Method

We start solving a problem using the Long Division Method by first taking apart the division’s components and comparing them. As we have 3, and 40 we can see how 3 is Smaller than 40, and to solve this division we require that 3 be Bigger than 40.This is done by multiplying the dividend by 10 and checking whether it is bigger than the divisor or not. If it is then we calculate the Multiple of the divisor which is closest to the dividend and subtract it from the Dividend. This produces the Remainder which we then use as the dividend later.Now, we begin solving for our dividend 3, which after getting multiplied by 10 becomes 30. Since this is still smaller than 40, we multiply it again with 10 to get 300 and add a 0 after the decimal to the quotient.We take this 300 and divide it by 40, this can be seen done as follows:

 300 $\div$ 40 $\approx$ 7

Where:

40 x 7 = 280

This will lead to the generation of a Remainder equal to 300 – 280 = 20, now this means we have to repeat the process by Converting the 20 into 200 and solving for that:

200 $\div$ 40 $\approx$ 5 

Where:

40 x 5 = 200

This, therefore, produces another remainder which is equal to 200 – 200 = 0.Finally, we have a Quotient generated after combining the two pieces of it as 0.075, with a Remainder equal to 0.Images/mathematical drawings are created with GeoGebra.