3/16 x 8 =>
3/16 X 8/1 = (The '1' is trivial , but aids numeracy).
Cancel down by '8'
3/2 X 1/1 = 3/2 = 1 1/2 or 1.5
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8 8/16 or eight and eight sixteenths
Instead of "a half", write "eight sixteenths". That doesn't change the value of any numbers, but it makes it a lot easier to subtract the three sixteenths from the eight sixteenths.
Three eighths is the same as six sixteenths - half of six sixteenths is three sixteenths
seven sixteenths
Three sixteenths