How do you write 1/6 as a decimal?
2 Answers
1/6 is 0.166666666666666666666. And it is 16.666666666666%
Explanation:
In percentage form:
Explanation:
This is an infinite decimal because the string of 6's repeat indefinitely.
For practical purposes this is often rounded off - E.g.
To overcome this, we can use the dot or bar notation to indicate that a decimal digit (dot) or sequence of decimal digits (bar) repeat indefinitely.
Thus, in this case, as the
Hence,
[NB: It is worth noting that repeating decimals should not be confused with irrational numbers. In fact, it can be shown that all repeating decimals are rational (like