5 5/8 can be changed to 45/8. So, 1/2*45/8= 2 13/16
Five eighths is twenty-five percent more than one half.
12.8125
Answer = seven eighths of an inch.
Five eighths.
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Five eighths is twenty-five percent more than one half.
five sixteenths
Answer One half is the same as four eighths, so five eighths is one eighth more.
23 and a half minus seven and five eighths equals 15.875
12.8125
Five eighths.
Answer = seven eighths of an inch.
One and five eighths is bigger than one and a half.
Five eighths.
One half + five eighths = nine eighths
get a ruler
1½ = Twelve eighths so the answer is seven-eighths