0.83 as a fraction

Fraction83/100lowest terms
Decimal0.83
Percent83%

How to get there

  1. 0.83 has 2 digits after the point, so it is that many hundredths: write the digits over 10083/100.
  2. 83 and 100 share no factor but 1, so 83/100 is already in lowest terms.
83 of 100 squares — 0.83 of the whole, which is also 83%.

As a measurement

Read as inches, 0.83″ is 21.082 mm exactly. The nearest marks on a rule:

RuleNearest markInchesmmDifference
16ths13/16″0.812520.6375−0.4445 mm
32ths27/32″0.8437521.4313+0.3493 mm
64ths53/64″0.82812521.0344−0.0476 mm

Common questions

What is 0.83 as a fraction?
0.83 as a fraction is 83/100. The digits go over 100, and 83 and 100 share no common factor, so it is already in lowest terms.
What is 0.83 as a percentage?
0.83 is 83%. Multiplying a decimal by 100 moves the point two places to the right.
How many millimetres is 0.83 of an inch?
0.83 inches is 21.082 mm, using the exact definition 1 inch = 25.4 mm.

The same number, other ways

83/100Everything about the fraction: equivalents, the bar model, the number line.83%The same value as a percentage, with its own derivation.Decimal → fraction chartThe whole lookup table, printable.Nearest fractionMatch 0.83″ against any rule, with the exact error.
Where this comes from. Exact rational arithmetic on the values shown — fractions are pairs of integers until display, and inch–metric conversion uses 25.4 mm to the inch, exact by definition since 1959. See the full methodology.