1/8 as a percentage is 12.50%. This small slice of a whole is easy to picture: think of cutting a pizza into eight equal pieces and taking just one.
The fraction 1/8 shows up a lot in everyday life. You might see it on a clock when the minute hand points to the 7.5‑minute mark, or on a recipe that calls for one‑eighth of a cup of an ingredient.
In school, students learn that fractions like 1/8 can be turned into decimals (0.125) and percentages. Knowing the percentage helps when you compare parts of different-sized groups.
Remember, 12.50% means that out of every hundred parts, twelve and a half belong to the piece you’re looking at. It’s a quick way to understand how big 1/8 really is.
