7/11 as a decimal

Question

Write 7/11 as a decimal

 

Answer 1

7/11 is the same as 7 ÷ 11:

 

     0.6363

    ----------

11|7.000

    -6 6

    ------

        40

       -33

       -------

          70

         -66

         -------

            4

 

As you can see, the number is repeating itself, so the proper way to write it as a decimal is to write it as:

0.63 with a line written above both the 6 and 3 (the line denotes that those numbers repeat to infinity).