What is 1/3 as a decimal?

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HypnoKitten · 41-45, M

0.3333333.. (there's a bar you draw over the 3 to show it repeats to infinity)

Alabamian · 26-30, F

why it's repeating

HypnoKitten · 41-45, M

If you step out of math and into real-world though, you have to account for unit types and what the 1 represents

HypnoKitten · 41-45, M

@Tennessee4: because 1/3 in long division means you put a 0 after the 1 (which moves the answer into being a decimal) so you get 10/3 which is 3 with remainder 1. To divide that 1 you add a 0 and move over one more decimal place, so you get 10/3.. so the same thing happens to infinity