Write 0.125 as a fraction

Step by step

The question

Question: write 0.125 as a fraction.

1 Read the place value

0.125 has 3 digits after the point.

The last digit is in the thousandths.

So we write it over 1000.

0.125 is 125 thousandths: 125/1000.

2 Simplify

125 and 1000 can both be divided by 125.

That makes it simpler.

So it is 1/8.

Can we make it simpler?

No number goes into both 1 and 8, except 1.

So it stays like this.

3 Check

Let's check: make the bottom 1000 again.

1 times 125 is 125.

8 times 125 is 1000.

125 thousandths is 0.125.

So the answer is right!

Let's look back.

First: read the place value.

Then: simplify.

Last: check.