What is 7/2 as a decimal?
A decimal number can be defined as a number whose whole number part and the fractional part are separated by a decimal point. For example, 2.3 is a decimal number in which 2 is a whole number part and 3 is the decimal part.
Answer: 7/2 as a decimal is equal to 3.5
Let's look into the division method to write 7/2 as a decimal.
Explanation:
Solving 7/2 as a decimal using division method
To convert any fraction to decimal form, we just need to divide its numerator by denominator.
Here, the fraction is 7/2 which means we need to perform 7 ÷ 2
Since the dividend is not perfectly divisible, we have to put the decimal in the quotient.
By proceeding with the long division method we have obtained 7/2 as a decimal is 3.5.
This gives the Quotient as 3.5 and Remainder equal to 0. So, 7/2 as a decimal is 3.5
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