What is 0.875 as a fraction?
A fraction is a part of any quantity out of a whole, where, the whole can be any number, a specific value, or a thing. Whereas, a decimal number can be defined as a number in which the whole number part and the fractional part are separated by a decimal point. Let us understand how to express the decimal 0.875 as a fraction in simplest form.
Answer: 0.875 as a fraction is expressed as 7/8
Let us see how to convert 0.875 as a fraction in simplest form.
0.875 as a Fraction Simplified
Explanation:
In order to express 0.875 as a fraction in the simplest form, let us use the following steps.
Step 1: Write the given number as the numerator and place 1 in the denominator right below the decimal point followed by the number of zeros required accordingly. Then, this fraction can be simplified.
In this case, 0.875 has three numbers after the decimal, so, we place 1000 in the denominator and remove the decimal point. This will make it 875/1000
Step 2: Now, let us see how 875 over 1000 simplified is expressed. We can see that 875/1000 is not in the simplified form. We know that the HCF (Highest Common Factor) of 875,1000 = 125. So, this fraction can be simplified as follows. 875/1000 = 7/8.
After reducing this fraction we get,
⇒ (875 ÷ 125) / (1000 ÷ 125) = 7/8
Therefore, we reduced the fraction 875/1000 to 7/8. In other words, when we convert .875 to fraction, we get 7/8
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