What is 72 over 15 as a decimal?

Here we will explain what 72 over 15 (seventy-two over fifteen) as a decimal means and show you how to calculate 72 over 15 as a decimal.

A fraction has a numerator over a denominator separated by a division bar. 72 over 15 means that 72 is the numerator, "over" is the division bar, and 15 is the denominator.

72 over 15 is therefore the same as the fraction 72/15. However, we don't want a fraction, we want 72 over 15 as a decimal. Like we established above, "over" is the same as division bar, which is the same as divide. Thus, to get the answer to 72 over 15 as a decimal, we divide 72 by 15.

When we calculated 72 divided by 15, we found that 72 over 15 as a decimal (seventy-two over fifteen as a decimal) is as follows:

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