How to convert 0.008 into a fraction

1).  Look at the decimal.
2).  Read it out loud.
3).  Write down what you hear yourself saying.
4).  Simplify the fraction if you feel like it.

-- Read it out loud:    "Eight thousandths"

-- Write that down:      8/1000

-- Simplify:                  1/125
 

The answer to that is 6