Question

What is `0.875` as a fraction?

Answer 1

`875/1000 =7/8`

Explanation:

To allow for the description wording, permit me to space out the digits.

Write `0.875` as:
color(white)("d")

`color(blue)(color(white)("d.d")0color(white)("dd").color(white)("d.")8color(white)("dddd.d")7color(white)("ddddddddd")5)`
`color(green)(color(white)("dd")uarr color(white)("ddd")uarr color(white)("ddd.d")uarrcolor(white)("dddddddd")uarr)`
`color(green)("units"color(white)("ddd") 1/10 color(white)("")^("ths")color(white)("dd")1/100color(white)("")^("ths")color(white)("dddd")1/1000color(white)("")^("ths"))`

So we can write `0.875` as `875/1000`

This simplifies to one of the more common fractions `7/8`