What is 16 over 8 as a decimal?

Here we will explain what 16 over 8 (sixteen over eight) as a decimal means and show you how to calculate 16 over 8 as a decimal.

A fraction has a numerator over a denominator separated by a division bar. 16 over 8 means that 16 is the numerator, "over" is the division bar, and 8 is the denominator.

16 over 8 is therefore the same as the fraction 16/8. However, we don't want a fraction, we want 16 over 8 as a decimal. Like we established above, "over" is the same as division bar, which is the same as divide. Thus, to get the answer to 16 over 8 as a decimal, we divide 16 by 8.

When we calculated 16 divided by 8, we found that 16 over 8 as a decimal (sixteen over eight as a decimal) is as follows:

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