Question

What is the fraction in decimal form? 13/20 Enter your answer in the box.

Answer 1

0.65

Explanation:

13 divided by 20 equals 0.65.

Answer 2

Decimal representation of fraction
`\bold{(13)/(20)}` is 0.65.

Solution:

Need to represent following fraction in decimal form
`\rightarrow(13)/(20)`

Simplest way is check whether you can represent denominator as multiple of 10. In our case denominator is 20 and if we multiply 20 by 5 we get 100.

So now obtaining equivalent fraction of
`(13)/(20)` by multiplying numerator and denominator by 20.

`(13)/(20)=(13 * 5)/(20 * 5)=(65)/(100)=0.65`

You can also use division method to get decimal form of
`(13)/(20)`

Hence, decimal representation of fraction
`(13)/(20)` is 0.65.