What is 2/7 as a decimal?

A decimal number can be defined as a number whose whole number part and the fractional part is separated by a decimal point. A fraction is represented as a numerical value that is defined as a part of a whole.

Answer: 2/7 as a decimal is 0.285

Let's look into the division method to write 2/7 as a decimal.

Explanation: 

To convert any fraction to decimal form, we just need to divide the numerator by the denominator.

Here, the fraction is 2/7 which means we need to perform 2 ÷ 7

This gives the answer as 0.285. So, 2/7 as a decimal is 0.285

You can also verify your answer using Cuemath's Fraction to Decimal Calculator.

Thus, 2/7 as a decimal is 0.285