What is 5 and 8/11 as a Decimal?

Fraction to Decimal Converter

What is 5 8/11 as a decimal?

Answer

Fraction 5 8/11 as a decimal is

5.72

≈ 5.73 to hundredths

Repeating decimal: denominator 11 has the factor 11, not 2 or 5 · the bar marks the period 72 — 2 digits repeat forever

Whole part 5 stays in front; divide the fraction part:

remainder	×10	= digit × 11 + new remainder	digit
8	80	7 × 11 + 3	7
3	30	2 × 11 + 8	2

Remainder 8 is back after the 2nd division → the 2 digits 72 repeat: 0.72.

5 + 0.72 = 5.72

Fraction 5 8/11 as a decimal is 5.(72)

To convert 5 8/11 to a decimal, divide the numerator by the denominator, 8 ÷ 11 = 0.(72), then add the whole part: 5 + 0.(72) = 5.(72).

In lowest terms its denominator 11 has the prime factor 11, so the division never ends: a remainder comes back and the same digits repeat forever.

Multiply by 100: 5 8/11 ≈ 572.73%.