How do you write #1/8# as a decimal?

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Answer 1 · 2017-10-11T07:25:59

0.125

#1:8=0.125#

Answer 2 · 2017-10-11T07:33:03

#0.125#

one way to find the decimal value of fractions is to work from fractions we know already.

eg we know

#1/4=0.25#

now

#1/8 =1/2" of "1/4#

so

#1/8=0.25-:2#

#=0.125#