What is 79/100 as a decimal?

79/100 is exactly 0.79 as a decimal.

How many millimetres is 79/100 of an inch?

79/100 of an inch is 20.066 mm, computed with the exact definition 1 inch = 25.4 mm.

79/100

Fraction79/100

Decimal0.79

Percent79%

Where the decimal comes from

79/100 equals 0.79.

The denominator is already a power of ten, and that is what a decimal is: 0.79 means 79 hundredths.

79 of 100 squares — 0.79 of the whole. The same squares read as a percentage: 79%, because percent means per hundred.

Every way to write it

Decimal: 0.79
Percent: 79%
Ratio: 79 : 100 (part to whole)
As inches: 79/100″ = 20.066 mm

Equivalent fractions

Multiply the top and bottom of 79/100 by the same number and the value does not change:

79/100 = 158/200 = 237/300 = 316/400 = 395/500 = 474/600 · more, or pick a denominator

On the number line

As a measurement

Read as inches, 79/100″ is 20.066 mm exactly. The nearest marks on the finer rules:

Rule	Nearest mark	Decimal inches	mm	Difference
16ths	13/16″	0.8125	20.6375	+0.5715 mm
32ths	25/32″	0.78125	19.8438	−0.2223 mm
64ths	51/64″	0.796875	20.2406	+0.1746 mm

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

Common questions

What is 79/100 as a decimal?: 79/100 is exactly 0.79 as a decimal.
What is 79/100 as a percentage?: 79/100 is exactly 79%.
How many millimetres is 79/100 of an inch?: 79/100 of an inch is 20.066 mm, computed with the exact definition 1 inch = 25.4 mm.

0.79 as a fractionThe same number from the decimal's side, with the reduction shown.79% as a fractionThe same number as a percentage, with the work shown.Fraction–decimal chartThe everyday set, printable.Rule charts16ths, 32nds, 64ths, 128ths.The rulerSee 79/100 in its place.

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.