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What is 84/42 as a Decimal?

84/42 = 2

Decimal
2
Percentage
200%
Simplified
2/1
Type
improper fraction

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How to work it out

  1. Simplify: 84/42 = 2/1 (divide by 42)
  2. Divide the numerator by the denominator: 84 ÷ 42 = 2
  3. Check: Work backwards: 2 × 42 = 84, which is 84 once rounding is allowed for.

In a spreadsheet: =84/42. Dividing the denominator by the numerator flips the fraction. A bar over (or brackets around) digits means they repeat forever.

What the result means

As a percentage, 84/42 is 200%. It is an improper fraction: as a mixed number it is 2.

Cooking: a recipe that asks for 84/42 of a cup needs 2 cups, about 480 millilitres.

Comparing with nearby fractions

84/42 (2) is bigger than 84/43 (1.9535) and smaller than 85/42 (2.0238). A bigger denominator means smaller pieces, so with the same numerator the fraction gets smaller.

Related results

Results for nearby numbers
1/42 as a decimal

1/42 = 0.0(238095)

2/42 as a decimal

2/42 = 0.(047619)

3/42 as a decimal

3/42 = 0.0(714285)

85/42 as a decimal

85/42 = 2.0(238095)

83/42 as a decimal

83/42 = 1.9(761904)

The other way round: 42/84 as a decimal. Flipping the fraction gives its reciprocal, 42/84 = 0.5; the two decimals multiply to exactly 1.

Practice

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Questions

What is 84/42 as a Decimal?

84/42 as a decimal is 2. Long-division steps and simplified fraction.

What is 84/42 as a percentage?

200%. Multiply the decimal 2 by 100.

What is 84/42 in simplest form?

2/1. Divide the top and bottom by their greatest common factor, 42.