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What is 89/90 as a Decimal?

89/90 = 0.9(8)

Decimal
0.9(8)
Percentage
98.8889%
Simplified
89/90
Type
proper fraction

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How to work it out

  1. Simplify: 89/90 is already in simplest form
  2. Divide the numerator by the denominator: 89 ÷ 90 = 0.98888889
  3. The digits in brackets repeat forever: 0.9(8)
  4. Check: Work backwards: 0.988889 × 90 = 89, which is 89 once rounding is allowed for.

In a spreadsheet: =89/90. 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, 89/90 is 98.8889%. It is a proper fraction, so its value is between 0 and 1, and it is more than one half.

Cooking: a recipe that asks for 89/90 of a cup needs 0.989 cups, about 237.3333 millilitres.

Comparing with nearby fractions

89/90 (0.9889) is bigger than 89/91 (0.978) and smaller than 90/90 (1). A bigger denominator means smaller pieces, so with the same numerator the fraction gets smaller.

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90/90 as a decimal

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88/90 as a decimal

88/90 = 0.9(7)

The other way round: 90/89 as a decimal. Flipping the fraction gives its reciprocal, 90/89 = 1.(01123595505617977528089887640449438202247191); the two decimals multiply to exactly 1.

Practice

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45/32 as a decimal
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79/72 as a decimal
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Questions

What is 89/90 as a Decimal?

89/90 as a decimal is 0.9(8). Long-division steps and simplified fraction.

What is 89/90 as a percentage?

98.8889%. Multiply the decimal 0.988889 by 100.

What is 89/90 in simplest form?

89/90 is already in simplest form: 89 and 90 have no common factor other than 1.