9 39/40
5
2 and thirty-nine fortieths
23/8 = 115/40 7/5 = 56/40 171/40 = 4 and 11/40
the answer is to the question ' Marcia has seven eights of a pound of candy she gives two fifths of it to lucinda how much candy does she have left?' is five thirds left.
Seven eighths is bigger. 2\5 < 7\8
16/40 + 15/40 = 31/40
seven and two fifths
25/40 + 16/40 = 41/40 = 1 and 1/40
89
six fifths
The meaning of the question is ambiguous. Five eights is 5*8 = 40 Two eighths (?) is 2/8 = 1/4 = 0.25 So the sum would be 40.25 Alternatively five eights plus two eights = seven eights = 7*8 = 56