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.

Answer 1

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.