a unit fraction is basicly 1/n so...
as 5/8 can not be simplified further, we have to go the other way.
1/(8/5)
edit 12/11/12:
strictly speaking 1/(8/5) isn't a 'unit fraction' as both numerator AND denominator should be integers themselves.
If you could ONLY use unit fractions your answer would be: 1/2 + 1/8
Two and five eighths as an improper fraction is 2625/1000 or 21/8
Five eighths is not equal to five sixteenths. Five eighths is a larger fraction than five sixteenths.
[Five sevenths] is 0.0893 greater than [five eighths]. (rounded)
5/8
Five eighths.
the fraction for 5/8ths is .63
Five eighths is twenty-five percent more than one half.
10/16
7/8
3/4
5/8 cannot be written as an improper fraction.
Expressed as a decimal fraction, 5/8 is equal to 0.625.