Question

find the decimal expressions of 7by8=0.875

Answer 1

Answer:

To convert 7/8 to decimal we have to divide 7 by 8

Step-by-step explanation:

Here 7/8 the dividend is 8 and the divisor is 7.

on performing long division, we can see that we will get a quotient of 0.875 with a remainder 0.

another easy way to convert a fraction to a decimal is to convert the denominator into powers of 10.

since 8 times 125 gives 1000

We can convert 7/8 into an equivalent fraction whose denominator is 1000 by multiplying it with 125

therefore

7/8 X 125/125 = 875/1000

Now since we have 3 zeros in the denominator,

the decimal form the fraction will have 3 digits after the decimal point.

7/8 = 875/1000

= 0.875

Thus, 7/8 in decimal form is 0.875