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When you want to know the decimal equivalent of a fraction, divide the top number by the bottom number. So you would divide 5 by 8.

The result will be 0.625

To convert five eighths to a decimal figure, you divide eight into five. So, 5/8 as a decimal is 0.625.

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Expressed as a decimal, 8/5 is equal to 1.6.

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