To convert 0.125 to a fraction, we can follow these steps:
- Rewrite 0.125 as a fraction by placing it over 1: 0.125/1.
- Count the number of digits after the decimal point, which in this case is 3.
- Multiply the numerator and denominator of 0.125/1 by 10 to the power of the number of digits after the decimal point. In this case, we will multiply by 1000.
- Simplify the fraction by finding similar factors and cancelling them out.
Using these steps, we get:
0.125/1 = 125/1000
We can simplify this fraction by dividing both the numerator and denominator by 125:
125/1000 รท 125/125 = 1/8
Therefore, 0.125 as a fraction in its simplest form is 1/8.
