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What is 1/8 as a Decimal
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Question: What is 1/8 as a decimal?
A decimal number can be defined as a number whose whole number part and the fractional part is separated by a decimal point
Answer: As a decimal 1/8 is 0.125
Let's look into the below steps to convert 1/8 as a decimal
Explanation:
Step 1: Find a number such that we can multiply by the denominator of the fraction to make it 10 or 100 or 1000 and so on
Step 2: Multiply both numerator and denominator by that number to convert it into it's equivalent fraction.
Step 3. Then write down just the numerator, putting the decimal point in the correct place i.e., one space from the right hand side for every zero in the denominator
1/8 = (1×125)/(8×125) = 125/1000 = 0.125
Thus, as a decimal 1/8 is 0.125