1/2 + 5 5/8 is 6 1/8
To add one half to five-eighths, first convert one half to eighths. One half is equivalent to four-eighths. Then, add four-eighths to five-eighths: (4/8 + 5/8 = 9/8). Therefore, one half added to five-eighths equals nine-eighths, or 1 and 1/8.
Five and seven eighths
one and seven eighths
five eighths
Five eighths is twenty-five percent more than one half.
One half + five eighths = nine eighths
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Five and seven eighths
Answer One half is the same as four eighths, so five eighths is one eighth more.
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One and five eighths is bigger than one and a half.
one and seven eighths
five eighths
Five eighths is twenty-five percent more than one half.
5/8 + 1 = 1 5/8 or one and five eighths.
Answer = seven eighths of an inch.
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