What is 1 8th inch in decimal?

We can also define a decimal number as the number whose fractional part and the whole number part are separated by a decimal point. The point in a decimal number is called a decimal point. An inch is a  unit of British Imperial and the United States Customary whose measure is also equal to 1/ 36th of a yard, which can also be written as 1 /12th of the foot.

Answer:  1/8th inch in decimal is 0.125

Let us proceed step by step to evaluate 1 8th inch in decimal.

Explanation:

To convert 1/8th inch in decimal, we need to express 1/8 in decimal.

Let us follow different methods to convert the decimal equivalent of 1/8 inches.

Method 1:

Solving 1/8th inch in decimal using the division method

To convert any fraction to decimal form, we just need to divide its numerator by denominator.

To perform any operation first step is to change any mixed fraction to an improper fraction.

Here, the fraction is 1/8 which means we need to perform 1 ÷ 8

This gives the answer as 0.125. So, 1/8 inch in decimal is 0.125

Method 2: 

1/8th inch in decimal by converting the denominator to powers of 10

Step 1: Find a number such that we can multiply by the denominator of the fraction to make it 10 or 100 or 1000 and so on.

Step 2: Multiply both numerator and denominator by that number to convert it into its equivalent fraction.

Step 3: Then write down just the numerator, putting the decimal point in the correct place, that is, one space from the right-hand side for every zero in the denominator.

1/8 = ( 1× 25) / (8 × 25) = 25/200 = 12.5/100 = 0.125

Irrespective of the methods used, the answer to 1/8 inches to decimal will always remain the same.

Thus, 1/8th inch in decimal is 0.125.