What is 1 third?

Answer 1

1 third is 0.333

1 third can be written as 1/3 .

Here is are some possible definitions of one third.

1/3 is one divided by 3.

1/3 is the number that be multiplied by 3 to get 1.

1/3 is the solution to the equation 3x = 1.

1/3 is the reciprocal of 3.

However 1 third is not 0.333 . 0.333 = 333/1000 and 1/3 = 333/999 .

1/3 is larger than 0.333 . 1/3 can not be written as a (terminating) decimal.

It can be written as the sum of the infinite series:

3/10 + 3/100 + 3/1000 + 3/10000 + 3/10000+ ... and this series is sometimes written as 0.33333... ( forever).