Which decimal equals 1/8?

Which decimal equals 1/8?

• A. 0.150
• B. 0.125
• C. 0.100
• D. 0.200

Answer: (B)

One eighth equals the decimal 0.125. You can see this by long division: 1 divided by 8 gives 0.125 (0. with remainders leading to 1, 2, then 5 in the thousandths place). It also helps to note that 1/8 is half of 1/4, and since 1/4 is 0.25, half of that is 0.125. Another way is to convert to a denominator of 1000: multiply numerator and denominator by 125 to get 125/1000, which is 0.125. The other options correspond to different fractions: 0.150 is 15/100 (3/20), 0.100 is 1/10, and 0.200 is 1/5.

One eighth equals the decimal 0.125. You can see this by long division: 1 divided by 8 gives 0.125 (0. with remainders leading to 1, 2, then 5 in the thousandths place). It also helps to note that 1/8 is half of 1/4, and since 1/4 is 0.25, half of that is 0.125. Another way is to convert to a denominator of 1000: multiply numerator and denominator by 125 to get 125/1000, which is 0.125. The other options correspond to different fractions: 0.150 is 15/100 (3/20), 0.100 is 1/10, and 0.200 is 1/5.