1/8 = 12.5%
A value of 1/8, or 12.5%, can show up in everyday situations, like a discount on a purchase or the amount of a recipe ingredient you need to use. It’s a small but noticeable share of the whole.
To picture 1/8 quickly, imagine a pizza cut into eight equal slices: one slice is 1/8 of the pizza. It’s also about one part out of every eight, so you can estimate it as a little more than one-tenth.
A common mix-up is thinking 1/8 means 8%, because the fraction has an 8 in it. The 8 tells you the whole is split into eight equal parts, not that the share is 8%.
