A mile is a measure of distance: a decimal is not.
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7.78 miles convert decimal measurement to a mixed number
You need to know long division involving decimal but for now the answer is 0.02
Carry out long division.
It is 2 miles. A decimal number is simply a way of representing a number in such a way that the place value of a one is ten times that of a one in the place to its right. If it does not contain a fractional part then the decimal representation does not require a decimal point.
To convert a fraction to a decimal, you divide the numerator by the denominator - on a calculator, or using long division.