Find the Numerical Equivalent of 1/40: Fraction Conversion

Question

Which number is equal to $\frac{1}{40}$ ?

00:00 Convert to decimal fraction

00:03 Convert the fraction to a fraction with denominator of 1000

00:06 Make sure to multiply both numerator and denominator

00:17 When the denominator equals 1000, the numerator is the decimal number

00:24 When dividing by 1000, the decimal point moves 3 places to the left

00:39 And this is the solution to the question

Let's multiply the numerator and denominator by a number that will help us make the denominator 1000:

$\frac{1\times25}{40\times25}=\frac{25}{1000}$

Next, we will rewrite the simple fraction as a decimal fraction:

$25.0$

Since we're dividing by 10, the decimal point will move three places to the left, giving us:

$.0250$

Finally we'll add the 0 before the decimal point to get:

$0.0250=0.025$

0.025