The answer will depend on which string is repeating. That is, is the number meant to be 0.838383... or 0.833333... ?
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Expressed as a vulgar fraction, 0.83 recurring (that is, 0.83333...) is equal to 5/6, or five sixths.
To express 0.083 as a fraction, we first note that the 0.08 repeats indefinitely. Let x = 0.083333... (repeating decimal). Multiplying x by 100 gives 10x = 8.3333... Subtracting x from 10x gives 9x = 8.25, so x = 8.25 / 9. Therefore, the fraction equivalent of 0.083 repeating is 825/900 or simplified to 55/60 and further reduced to 11/12.
To write 83 as a fraction, simply make it the numerator of the fraction and 1 as the denominator: 83/1.
83 = 83/1
The fraction for .4 repeating is 2/5.
If all 3 digits are repeating then as a fraction it is 215/999