Question

The top 1/8 of the runners advance to the finals for the track and field competition. What is the decimal value of the number? Show your work. plz help me ill mark brainliest

Answer 1

To find the decimal form, you have to manually divide 1 by 8. Since 8 is greater than 1, the quotient would then start with 0., then you add a 0 next to 1, to make it 10. This time, divide 10 by 8. The nearest answer would be 1, because 1 *8 = 8. Subtracting this from 10, you get 2. Add another 0 to 2, to make it 20. Do the cycle all over again. The complete solution is as follows:
          0.125
       ---------------------------
   8 |   10
         - 8
        ------------------------
           20
         -16
          -------------
            40
          - 40
       -------------
            0

Hence, the decimal form of 1/8 is 0.125.