What is 3/7 as a decimal?

Fractions and decimals are two ways to represent the same numbers. A decimal number can be defined as a number whose whole number part and 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: 3/7 as a decimal is expressed as 0.428

Let's look into the division method to write 3/7 as a decimal.

Explanation: 

Writing 3/7 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 3/7 which means we need to perform 3 ÷ 7

This gives the answer as 0.428. So, 3/7 as a decimal is 0.428

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

Thus, 3/7 as a decimal is 0.428