How do you write $- \frac{1}{8}$ $-1/8$ as a decimal?

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Answer 1 · 2016-11-30T08:09:27

$- \frac{1}{8} = - 0.125$ $-1/8 = -0.125$

Decimals can be negative or positive. In this case it will be negative.

Find an equivalent fraction with a denominator of a power of 10.
In this case we will use $1000$ $1000$

$- \frac{1}{8} \times \frac{125}{125} = - \frac{125}{1000}$ $-1/8 xx 125/125 = -125/1000$

This can now be written as a decimal with 3 decimal places (because we have thousandths.)

$- \frac{125}{1000} = - 0.125$ $-125/1000 = -0.125$

Another method is to divide: $- 1 \div 8$ $-1 div 8$

$" "-8|ul(1.0^(2)0^(4)0)$
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It is a huge advantage to know some of the more common fractions, decimals and percents by heart. These include the 'eighths'

$1/8 = 0.125" "3/8 = 0.375" "5/8 = 0.625" "7/8 = 0.875$

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