1/8 as a decimal?

1/8 to convert into decimal,

Find an equivalent fraction with a denominator of a power of 10.

In this case, we will use 1000.

$\frac{1}{8} x \frac{125}{125} = \frac{125}{1000}$

This can now be written as a decimal with 3 decimal places (because we have thousandths.

i.e, 0.125

Hence,  $\frac{1}{8} \mathrm{as} a \mathrm{decimal} = 0.125$