Converting fractions to decimals?
First, convert one eighth into a decimal.
'One eighth' is expressed as a fraction, and to work out the decimal, you first need to understand what it really means.
Every number is a fraction, all you do is place the number over 1.
The fraction bar means 'divided by'. Knowing this, it's easy to work out this answer.
One eighth = 1/8 or 1 DIVIDED BY 8.
Pop this in your calculator, and you should get 0.125.
Add the 5, and your answer is 5.125.
NB: The same operation is used for all fractions.
One and three eighths as a decimal is 1.375.
There are 8 eighths in one pound.
To convert grams to decigrams, you simply move the decimal point one place to the left. Therefore, 493.3 g is equivalent to 4933 dg.
1/4 a quarter.
To convert from one metric unit to another, use conversion factors. Multiply the value you are converting by the appropriate conversion factor to get the desired unit. For example, to convert meters to centimeters, multiply by 100 since there are 100 centimeters in one meter.
It is 0.125
5.125
Simple! One eighth is the same as 0.125 so multiply thar by five(0.625)and make it negative A: -0.625
To subtract one quarter from seven eighths, first convert one quarter to eighths. One quarter is equal to two eighths. Therefore, seven eighths minus two eighths equals five eighths. So, seven eighths minus one quarter equals five eighths.
To subtract one sixth from five eighths, first find a common denominator, which is 24. Convert five eighths to 15/24 and one sixth to 4/24. Now, subtract: 15/24 - 4/24 = 11/24. Therefore, one five eighths minus one sixth equals 11/24.
One fourth is considerably less than five eighths. To convert fourths into eighths, you can multiply the fraction 1/4 by 2/2 and get 2/8. It should be apparent that two eighths is a lot less than five eighths. Less than half, in fact.
One eighth is .125 in decimal, if that is what you're after, 5.375
Divide seven by eight. Remember, you will get a number less than one, so place your decimal point.
one eighth equals .125, so 3 eighths equal .375.
One and three eighths as a decimal is 1.375.
One quarter is two eighths, so five eighths subtract two eighths is three eighths.
One and five-eighths inches is equivalent to 41.275 millimeters. To convert inches to millimeters, you can multiply the number of inches by 25.4, since there are 25.4 millimeters in one inch. Thus, 1.625 inches (which is one and five-eighths) multiplied by 25.4 gives you the result in millimeters.