What is 42 divided by 17?

The answer to the question: What is 42 divided by 17 is as follows:

42 / 17 = 2.471

Instead of saying 42 divided by 17 equals 2.471, you could just use the division symbol, which is a slash, as we did above.

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Here are some other ways to display or communicate that 42 divided by 17 equals 2.471:

42 ÷ 17 = 2.471
42 over 17 = 2.471
⁴²⁄₁₇ = 2.471

The easiest way we found to answer the question "what 42 divided by 17 means", is to answer the question with a question: How many times does 17 go into 42?

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