What is 8 and 6/7 as a Decimal?

Fraction to Decimal Converter

What is 8 6/7 as a decimal?

Answer

Fraction 8 6/7 as a decimal is

8.857142

≈ 8.86 to hundredths

Repeating decimal: denominator 7 has the factor 7, not 2 or 5 · the bar marks the period 857142 — 6 digits repeat forever

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

remainder	×10	= digit × 7 + new remainder	digit
6	60	8 × 7 + 4	8
4	40	5 × 7 + 5	5
5	50	7 × 7 + 1	7
1	10	1 × 7 + 3	1
3	30	4 × 7 + 2	4
2	20	2 × 7 + 6	2

Remainder 6 is back after the 6th division → the 6 digits 857142 repeat: 0.857142.

8 + 0.857142 = 8.857142

Fraction 8 6/7 as a decimal is 8.(857142)

To convert 8 6/7 to a decimal, divide the numerator by the denominator, 6 ÷ 7 = 0.(857142), then add the whole part: 8 + 0.(857142) = 8.(857142).

In lowest terms its denominator 7 has the prime factor 7, so the division never ends: a remainder comes back and the same digits repeat forever.

Multiply by 100: 8 6/7 ≈ 885.71%.