1/17

1 of 17 equal parts filled .

Where the decimal comes from

There is no rewrite over 10, 100 or 1000 for 1/17: 17 has a prime factor other than 2 and 5, so no whole-number multiplier reaches a power of ten. Watch the long division to see what happens instead — the remainders start circling, and once a remainder comes back, the digits must too:

1. 10 ÷ 17 = 0remainder 10
2. 100 ÷ 17 = 5remainder 15
3. 150 ÷ 17 = 8remainder 14
4. 140 ÷ 17 = 8remainder 4
5. 40 ÷ 17 = 2remainder 6
6. 60 ÷ 17 = 3remainder 9— …and on it goes; the cycle takes 16 digits to close

Written exactly: ≈ 0.058823529412.

Every way to write it

Decimal

≈ 0.0588235294

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Percent

≈ 5.882353%

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Ratio

1 : 17 (part to whole)

As inches

1/17″ = 1.494118 mm

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Equivalent fractions

Multiply the top and bottom of 1/17 by the same number and the value does not change:

1/17 = 2/34 = 3/51 = 4/68 = 5/85 = 6/102 · more, or pick a denominator

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As a measurement

Read as inches, 1/17″ is 1.494118 mm exactly. The nearest marks on the finer rules:

Need a different rule or a tolerance? Nearest fraction · Within tolerance

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