Remember
1/2 + 1/2 = 1
1/4 + 1/4 + 1/4 + 1/4 = 1
1/8 + 1/8 + 1/8 + 1/8 + 1/8 + 1/8 + 1/8 + 1/8 = 1
From the above scale
1/4 + 1/4 = 1/2
Similarly
1/8 + 1/8 = 1/4
Mathematically this is done by
1/8 + 1/8 = 2/8 ( Sine the denominator is the same in both cases , at '8' , then you just add the numerators ( 1 + 1 = 2)
Since 2/8 has a common factor of '2' , you cancel down by '2' .
Hence 2/8 = 1/4
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There are two eighths in a quarter mile.
It is ten eights, or one and two eights or one and a quarter or 1.25 as a decimal.
Two One-eighth + one-eighth = one quarter
Two; 1/4 = 2/8
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