Fractions to Decimal

How do I Convert a Fraction into a Decimal?

Use the table to convert quarters, halves, eighths, sixteenths and sixtyfourths into decimal notation.

Example: To express three eighths (3/8) as a decimal, go to the third row in the 'n' column, move along to the orange n/8 column and you will find the answer - 0.375.

n	n/4	n/8	n/16	n/32	n/64
1	0.25	0.125	0.0625	0.03125	0.015625
2	0.50	~
3	0.75	0.375	0.1875	0.09375	0.046875
4	1.00	~	~	~	~
5		0.625	0.3125	0.15625	0.078125
6		~	~	~	~
7		0.875	0.4375	0.21875	0.109375
8		1.000	~	~	~
9			0.5625	0.28125	0.140625
10			~	~	~
11			0.6875	0.34375	0.171875
12			~	~	~
13			0.8125	0.40625	0.203125
14			~	~	~
15			0.9375	0.46875	0.234375
16			1.0000	~	~
17				0.53125	0.265625
18				~
19				0.59375	0.296875
20				~
21				0.65625	0.328125
22				~
23				0.71875	0.359375
24				~
25				0.78125	0.390625
26				~
27				0.84375	0.421875
28				~
29				0.90625	0.453125
30				~
31				0.96875	0.484375
32				1.00000
33					0.515625
34
35					0.546875
36
37					0.578125
38
39					0.609375
40
41					0.640625
42
43					0.671875
44
45					0.703125
46
47					0.734375
48
49					0.765625
50
51					0.796875
52
53					0.828125
54
55					0.859375
56
57					0.890625
58
59					0.921875
60
61					0.953125
62
63					0.984375
64					1.000000