Oh, isn't that a lovely number? Let's turn it into a fraction. 8.33333333 is the same as 8 and 1/3. So, as a fraction, it would be 25/3. Just imagine that fraction as a happy little tree in our mathematical landscape.
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8.3333..... = 8 1/3 as a fraction.
How, do you convert recurring decimals to infinity to a fraction.?
Method.
Let P = 8.333333.....
Let 10 P = 83.333333....
Subtract
9P = 75
NB Note the recurring decimals subtract to zero.
9P = 75
P = 75/9
P = 8 3/9 = 8 1/3
NB Note Irrational number/decimals , such 'pi' CANNOT be converted to a fraction/quotient. 'pi' , when quoted as '22/7' , 3.14 , 3.1416 are only approximations.
Every fraction is an equivalent fraction: each fraction in decimal form has an equivalent rational fraction as well as an equivalent percentage fraction.
A fraction that has a different sign to the first fraction.
Divide the fraction by 100, and you will get the percentage of a fraction.
Or both. That's a complex fraction.
The number below the fraction bar in a fraction is the denominator. The number above the fraction bar is the numerator.