Question

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.(1 point)
Responses

6 1/8

6 12/5


6 125/1,000


6 5/4

Answer 1

To convert 6.125 to fraction form, we can start by representing the decimal as a fraction over 1: 6.125/1.
To simplify this fraction, we can multiply both the numerator and denominator by 1000 to get rid of the decimal: (6.125 * 1000)/ (1 * 1000) = 6125/1000.
Next, we can reduce this fraction by dividing both the numerator and denominator by their greatest common divisor, which is 25: (6125/25)/(1000/25) = 245/40.
Finally, we can further simplify this fraction by dividing both the numerator and denominator by 5: (245/5) / (40/5) = 49/8.
Therefore, 6.125 is equal to 49/8 in fraction form.