Question

How do you write 7/12 as a decimal?

Answer 1

`0.58bar3`

Explanation:

A decimal is a number written out with - you guessed it - a decimal point. These are some examples of decimals.

• 16.8
• 45879.03456
• 3.1

To turn a fraction into a decimal, all you have to do is divide the top number by the bottom number. Or:
`7/12 = 7 -:12`

So, you can set up your long division problem like this and then solve. I've gone ahead and done it for you, but feel free to follow along!

NOTE: I know that it looks like I made `12` go into `70`, but that's only because `12` can't go into `7` without going over. So I put `0` above, then a decimal. This permits us to put a `0` after the `7` below, making it `70`.

So our decimal is `0.58bar3`. The line over the `3` means that it repeats over and over again.