Question

What is 19/20 as a decimal? Explain how you got your answer.

Answer 1

0.95

Explanation:

To make a fraction an exact decimal, you will need to divide it. 19 will be the dividend, and 20 will be the divisor (so you get an accurate decimal)

So when you divide, you will get 0.95.

Answer 2

Answer: 0.95

Step-by-step explanation: It's important to understand that decimals represent fractions with denominators of 10, 100, 1,000, 10,000, etc...

In order to write 19/20 as a decimal, we need to find a fraction

equivalent to 19/20 with a 100 in the denominator.

Notice that if we multiply the numerator and the denominator

of 19/20 by 5, we get the equivalent fraction 95/100.

Since the hundredths place is two places to the right of the

decimal point, we can write 95/100 as 0.95.

So 19/20 is equivalent to 0.95.