Convert Fraction to Decimal: Changing 73/100 to Decimal Form

Question

Convert $\frac{73}{100}$ into decimal form:

00:00 Convert to decimal fraction

00:03 When the denominator equals 100, the numerator is the decimal number

00:13 When dividing by 100, the decimal point moves twice to the left

00:17 And this is the solution to the question

Let's write the simple fraction as a decimal fraction:

$73.0$

Since the fraction divides by 100, we move the decimal point two places to the left:

$.730$

We'll add a zero before the decimal point as follows:

$0.730=0.73$

0.73