Marcus is making granola mix. He needs 6.125 cups of granola. His measuring cups are only in fractions. How many cups is 6.125 in fraction form? Simplify, if possible.
To write 6.125 as a fraction, we can do the following:
1. Start by writing 6 as a whole number, which is 6/1.
2. Next, we need to convert the decimal portion .125 into a fraction. Since .125 is the same as 125/1000, we have 125/1000.
3. We need to simplify this fraction by dividing the numerator and denominator by their greatest common divisor, which is 125. This gives us 1/8.
4. Now, we can combine the whole number and the fraction by finding their common denominator, which is 8. So we have (6/1) * (8/8) = 48/8.
5. Finally, we can simplify this fraction by dividing both the numerator and denominator by their greatest common divisor, which is 8. This gives us 6/1.
Therefore, 6.125 is equivalent to 6 1/8 in fraction form.
To express 6.125 cups in fraction form, we can start by converting the decimal to a fraction.
The number 6 represents 6 whole cups. To find the fraction for the remaining .125 cups, we need to divide the decimal by the place value of the last digit (in this case, the digit 5).
Since there are three decimal places in .125, we divide it by 1000:
0.125 ÷ 1000 = 125/1000
Now, we can simplify the fraction. Both the numerator and denominator can be divided by 125 to simplify further:
125 ÷ 125 = 1
1000 ÷ 125 = 8
Therefore, 6.125 cups can be expressed in fraction form as 6 1/8 cups.