To check to see if a fraction is closer to certain numbers, rewrite those given numbers so that it has the same denominator as the given fraction, which is 8 in this case.
First number: 1
1 = 1/1 (Rewrote as fraction)
(1 * 8)/(1 * 8) Multiplied both the numerator and denominator by 8 (As a rule, multiplying a certain number to the denominator or numerator means you must multiply that same number to the other side.)
1 = 8/8 as a fraction form.
Second number: 0
0 = 0/1 (Rewrote as fraction)
(0 * 8)/(1 * 8) (Used the same rule as above)
0 = 0/8 as a fraction form.
Now that both numbers have the same denominator as 1/8, completely ignore the denominators of all three numbers. Only focus on the numerators. Now ask yourself, which is closer to 1? 0, or 8? Let's line them up.
0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8
Given from the number line above, you can see that 1 is closer to 0 than it is to 8.
