How do you change 7/8 to a decimal and percent?

1 Answer
Apr 1, 2016

#7/8 = 0.875#

Explanation:

You could long divide, but let's try a different approach.

Since #2# is a factor of #10#, we have #8 = 2 xx 2 xx 2# is a factor of #1000# and #1000/8 = 5 xx 5 xx 5 = 125#

Then:

#7/8 = (7*125)/(8*125) = 875/1000 = 0.875#