Convert 0.875 into a Reduced Fraction.

Answer – 0.875 as a reduced fraction is $\frac{7}{8}$ .

Explanation:

The following are the steps to express 0.875 as a fraction:

Write a fraction using 0.875 as the numerator and 1 as the denominator.

$\frac{0.875}{1}$

Multiply the top and the bottom by 1000. (This is because there are 3 digits after the decimal point. If it had 1 digit, the multiplication would have been by 10 and so on).

Therefore, $\frac{0.875}{1} \times \frac{1000}{1000} = \frac{875}{1000}$

The numerator is now a whole number. Reduce the fraction until the only common divisor between the numerator and denominator is 1.

Dividing $\frac{875}{1000}$ by 5, we get $\frac{175}{200}$ .

Dividing the result by 5 again, we get $\frac{35}{40}$ .

Dividing it once more by 5, we get $\frac{7}{8}$ .

The fraction cannot be simplified any further. Thus, 0.875 as a reduced fraction is $\frac{7}{8}$ .

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Answer – 0.875 as a reduced fraction is $\frac{7}{8}$ .