(3-5/8) x (16-2/5) = (29/8) x (82/5) = (29 x 82)/(8 x 5) = (29 x 41)/(4 x 5) = (1,189)/(20) = 59.45
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Another way:
3-5/8 = 3.625
16-2/5 = 16.4
(3.625) x (16.4) = 59.45
five seventeenths multiplied by three eights is 0.11029411764
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24 multiplied by 32 is 768.
(3/5)x(7/8) = 21/40
-- "Three eights" is 24. That's way bigger than three fifths.-- Three eighths is 37.5% less than three fifths.
Three fifths is larger than three eighths
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It is 1.175
five seventeenths multiplied by three eights is 0.11029411764
187
2 and thirty-nine fortieths
9 39/40
4 and two fifths multiplied by three is 13 and 1 fifth.
olfive eights = 62.5% because 100 divided by 8 multipled by five is 62.5% three fifths = 60% so 100 divided by 5 multiplied by 3 = 60 so yes, five eights is larger by 2.5%
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