Change the decimal to fraction and simplify.
Changing decimal to fraction
1. Every number is divisible by 1 , hence divide the decimal by 1
0.125=2. Count how many digits are after the decimal point (.)
0.125=0.125There are 3 digits after the decimal point. Or the decimal point has to be moved 3 times to obtain a whole number.
3. Multiply both the numerator and the denominater of the fraction obtained in step
1 by
1n0s, where n0s is how many zeros
(0) to join 1 . The number of zeros
(0) to join the 1 is how many count you obtained in step 2.
Since we obtained 3 counts, we have to multiply both the numerator and the denominator of the fraction obtained in step
1 by
1000.3 zeros ( 0 ) is joined to the 1 to obtain 1000 because we obtained three counts in step 2
Since we obtained 3 counts, we have to multiply both the numerator and the denominator of the fraction obtained in step 1 by 1000.3 zeros ( 0 ) is joined to the 1 to obtain 1000 because we obtained three counts in step 2.
Multiplying the decimal by
1n0s changes it to a whole number.
==Simplifying the fraction obtained
125 divides itself once and 1000, 8 times.
Alternatively, 25 divides 125, 5 times and 1000, 40 times. 5 divides itself 1 time and 40, 8 times.
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