What is 21 over 16 as a decimal?

Here we will explain what 21 over 16 (twenty-one over sixteen) as a decimal means and show you how to calculate 21 over 16 as a decimal.

A fraction has a numerator over a denominator separated by a division bar. 21 over 16 means that 21 is the numerator, "over" is the division bar, and 16 is the denominator.

21 over 16 is therefore the same as the fraction 21/16. However, we don't want a fraction, we want 21 over 16 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 21 over 16 as a decimal, we divide 21 by 16.

When we calculated 21 divided by 16, we found that 21 over 16 as a decimal (twenty-one over sixteen as a decimal) is as follows:

1.3125

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