How many times will oneeighth go into twothirds?

Answer 1

How many times will x go into y

To solution to this word problem is y / x

with y = 2/3, and x = 1/8

you have (2/3)/(1/8) = (2/3)*(8/1) = 16/3 = 5 1/3

So one eighth will go into two thirds, Five and one third times.