Now, we know that we can write 2 56 as 17 6. We divide the numerator by the denominator to calculate the fraction. Let's do it!
We can see that the pattern starts to repeat itself after a few steps. This means that the decimal is a repeating decimal. We can write it with a bar notation. Remember that the bar goes over the decimal part that repeats itself.
2.833333... = 2.83
This means that we can write 176 as 2.83. We also know that 2 56 is equal to 176. Therefore we can write 2 56 as 2.83. Now we add the negative sign and see that - 2 56 is equal to - 2.83.
