To make things easier, you can divide both numbers with a common factor, in this case two. Two over eight, or two eighths, is the same as one over four, or one forth. One forth is the same as a quarter, which in decimal form is 0.25.
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Because they have common denominators, the fractions can be simply added.
2/8 + 6/8 = 8/8, or 1
4 over 1
To simplify 8 over 50, you need to find the greatest common factor of 8 and 50, which is 2. Divide both the numerator and denominator by 2 to get 4 over 25. Therefore, 8 over 50 simplified is 4 over 25.
2/10 = 1/5
2 and 3/4
8 hours per day for 5 days per week = 40 hours per week. 40 is a number in decimal form. All that is meant by decimal form is that the place value of each digit is ten times the place value of the digit to its right.