Question

How do you change 7/8 to a decimal and percent?

Answer 1

`7/8 = 0.875`

Explanation:

You could long divide, but let's try a different approach.

Since `2` is a factor of `10`, we have `8 = 2 xx 2 xx 2` is a factor of `1000` and `1000/8 = 5 xx 5 xx 5 = 125`

Then:

`7/8 = (7*125)/(8*125) = 875/1000 = 0.875`