What is 1/8 as a decimal?

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What is 1/8 as a decimal?

Converting the fraction to a decimal means dividing the numerator by the denominator. For one eighth, divide 1 by 8. You get 0.125, since 8 fits into 10 once (remainder 2), into 20 twice (remainder 4), and into 40 five times (remainder 0). So the decimal representation is 0.125. The other options don’t match: 0.75 is three quarters, 0.204 isn’t the exact value for one eighth, and 1.25 is greater than one.

Converting the fraction to a decimal means dividing the numerator by the denominator. For one eighth, divide 1 by 8. You get 0.125, since 8 fits into 10 once (remainder 2), into 20 twice (remainder 4), and into 40 five times (remainder 0). So the decimal representation is 0.125. The other options don’t match: 0.75 is three quarters, 0.204 isn’t the exact value for one eighth, and 1.25 is greater than one.

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