0.08 as a fraction

Fraction2/25lowest terms
Decimal0.08
Percent8%

How to get there

  1. 0.08 has 2 digits after the point, so it is that many hundredths: write the digits over 1008/100.
  2. 8 and 100 share a greatest common divisor of 4. Divide both by it: 2/25.
8 of 100 squares — 0.08 of the whole, which is also 8%.

As a measurement

Read as inches, 0.08″ is 2.032 mm exactly. The nearest marks on a rule:

RuleNearest markInchesmmDifference
16ths1/16″0.06251.5875−0.4445 mm
32ths3/32″0.093752.3813+0.3493 mm
64ths5/64″0.0781251.9844−0.0476 mm

Common questions

What is 0.08 as a fraction?
0.08 as a fraction is 2/25. Write the digits over 100 to get 8/100, then divide top and bottom by 4.
What is 0.08 as a percentage?
0.08 is 8%. Multiplying a decimal by 100 moves the point two places to the right.
How many millimetres is 0.08 of an inch?
0.08 inches is 2.032 mm, using the exact definition 1 inch = 25.4 mm.

The same number, other ways

2/25Everything about the fraction: equivalents, the bar model, the number line.8%The same value as a percentage, with its own derivation.Decimal → fraction chartThe whole lookup table, printable.Nearest fractionMatch 0.08″ against any rule, with the exact error.
Where this comes from. Exact rational arithmetic on the values shown — fractions are pairs of integers until display, and inch–metric conversion uses 25.4 mm to the inch, exact by definition since 1959. See the full methodology.