What is 98 over 42 as a decimal?

Here we will explain what 98 over 42 (ninety-eight over forty-two) as a decimal means and show you how to calculate 98 over 42 as a decimal.

A fraction has a numerator over a denominator separated by a division bar. 98 over 42 means that 98 is the numerator, "over" is the division bar, and 42 is the denominator.

98 over 42 is therefore the same as the fraction 98/42. However, we don't want a fraction, we want 98 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 98 over 42 as a decimal, we divide 98 by 42.

When we calculated 98 divided by 42, we found that 98 over 42 as a decimal (ninety-eight over forty-two as a decimal) is as follows:

2.33333333

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