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What is 2/3 as a decimal?

can you explain it in Simply words.(i don't know how to do the division)

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  • 8 years ago
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    0.6666666666 recurring.

    Simply divide 2 by 3 - use long division. Use a calculator if you must, but it is so easy to do without one.

    3 does not go into 2, obviously, so the answer has to be 0.something. Add a decimal point after the 2 and then do 3 into 20. It goes 6 times ( 6 x 3 = 18) with 2 left over, so write 6 to the left of the decimal point. The answer so far is 0.6. Of course, you still have 2 left over. 3 won't go into 2, so add another zero and do 3 into 20 again. It goes 6 times, with 2 left over again, so write another 6 after the answer 0.6, so it's now 0.66 and then add another zero to the 2 left over. 3 into 20 goes 6 again, with 2 left over again. So the answer is now 0.666...... and so on!

  • Anonymous
    8 years ago

    You need to learn how to do division. That's a very basic skill and if you don't know that, there is a lot you will not be able to do.

    There are very basic videos on YouTube that you can watch. It's easier to explain in a video than writing it out here, so I won't try. See http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z7NhNGUhRdc or search for others.

    2/3 = 0.6666... with 6 repeating indefinitely. you can round it to 0.666...7 with as many places as you need.

  • Damian
    Lv 7
    8 years ago

    It's 2 divided by 3 which works out at .6666 (recurring)

  • 8 years ago

    1 is divided by 3, as thats the bottom number.

    1/3= 0.33333333333 (recurring (the number never ends))

    Then you have to times that number by two as thats on the top

    0.33333333333 x 2 = 0.66666 (recurring)

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  • Anonymous
    8 years ago

    Answer: 0.67.

    Just do the long division to find out.

  • 8 years ago

    It is .66666666666666666666

    The sixes go on indefinitely.

  • Anonymous
    8 years ago

    0.666666 the 6 goes infintly because it cant be divided

    Source(s): Maths
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