Well, honey, if we're talking about 1 whole, that's the same as 8 fifths. So, technically, there are 8 fifths in 1 8. But if you're asking how many fifths are in 1/8, well, you've got yourself a fraction of a fifth there, sweetie.
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Expressed with a denominator of 5, 1 3/5 is equal to 8/5 or eight fifths.
The idea is to divide 1/8 divided by 1/5. This is the same as 1/8 times 5/1.
A fifth is equal to 1/5. This means that there are fivefifths in one. As 6 is 6 times as large as 1 this means that there will be (5 * 6) 30 fifths in 6.
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One fifth is the same as 1/5 which is the same as 0.20 as a decimal. So if you divide 1.6 by 0.20 it equals 8. So there are 8 fifths in 1.6