What is 3 and 7/3 as a Decimal?

Fraction to Decimal Converter

What is 3 7/3 as a decimal?

Answer

Fraction 3 7/3 as a decimal is

5.3

≈ 5.33 to hundredths

Repeating decimal: denominator 3 has the factor 3, not 2 or 5 · the bar marks the period 3 — it repeats forever

7 = 2 × 3 + 1: whole part 3 + 2 = 5, then divide the remainder 1

remainder	×10	= digit × 3 + new remainder	digit
1	10	3 × 3 + 1	3

Remainder 1 is back after the 1st division → the digit 3 repeats forever: 0.3.

5 + 0.3 = 5.3

Fraction 3 7/3 as a decimal is 5.(3)

To convert 3 7/3 to a decimal, divide the numerator by the denominator, 7 ÷ 3 = 2.(3), then add the whole part: 3 + 2.(3) = 5.(3).

In lowest terms its denominator 3 has the prime factor 3, so the division never ends: a remainder comes back and the same digits repeat forever.

Multiply by 100: 3 7/3 ≈ 533.33%.