Convert Fraction to Decimal: Solving 74/1000 Step-by-Step

Question

Convert $\frac{74}{1000}$ into decimal form:

00:00 Convert to decimal fraction

00:05 When the denominator equals 1000, the numerator is the decimal number:

00:12 When dividing by 1000, the decimal point moves 3 places to the left

00:21 And this is the solution to the question

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

$74.0$

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

$.0740$

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

$0.0740=0.074$

0.074