What is 8 and 1/3 as a Decimal?

Fraction to Decimal Converter

What is 8 1/3 as a decimal?

Answer

Fraction 8 1/3 as a decimal is

8.3

≈ 8.33 to hundredths

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

Whole part 8 stays in front; divide the fraction part:

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.

8 + 0.3 = 8.3

Fraction 8 1/3 as a decimal is 8.(3)

To convert 8 1/3 to a decimal, divide the numerator by the denominator, 1 ÷ 3 = 0.(3), then add the whole part: 8 + 0.(3) = 8.(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: 8 1/3 ≈ 833.33%.