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 answer

To convert the decimal 6.125 into fraction form, we can rewrite it as a fraction by using its place value.

Since there are 3 decimal places in 6.125, we can write it as 6.125/1,000.

To simplify this fraction, we can divide both the numerator and denominator by their greatest common divisor, which is 125:

6.125/1,000 = (6.125 ÷ 125)/(1,000 ÷ 125)
= 0.049/8
= 49/8

So, 6.125 in fraction form is 49/8.