What is 24 over 42 as a decimal?

Here we will explain what 24 over 42 (twenty-four over forty-two) as a decimal means and show you how to calculate 24 over 42 as a decimal.

A fraction has a numerator over a denominator separated by a division bar. 24 over 42 means that 24 is the numerator, "over" is the division bar, and 42 is the denominator.

24 over 42 is therefore the same as the fraction 24/42. However, we don't want a fraction, we want 24 over 42 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 24 over 42 as a decimal, we divide 24 by 42.

When we calculated 24 divided by 42, we found that 24 over 42 as a decimal (twenty-four over forty-two as a decimal) is as follows:

0.57142857

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