Convert Fraction to Decimal: Solving 6/1000 Step-by-Step

Question

Convert to decimal form:

$\frac{6}{1000}=$

00:00 Convert to decimal fraction

00:04 First, let's write the numerator as a number

00:08 Now according to the denominator, we'll move the decimal point to the left

00:12 There are 3 zeros in the denominator, so we'll move 3 times to the left

00:18 And this is the solution to the question

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

$6.0$

Given that the fraction divides by 1000, we move the decimal point three places to the left:

$.0060$

We fill in the zero before the decimal point as follows:

$0.0060=0.006$

0.006