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'An eighth of' means the same as divide by. So 24 divided by 8 is 3. You can check this by calculating back the result: 3, times 8 = 24
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8 can go into 24 3 times, right? 8 + 8 = 16, then + 8 = 24. So one 8 over three 8s is the same as 8/24 and 1/3.If that doesn't help, you could also work it out just by dividing both parts of the fraction by the same thing, in this case, 8. 8 divided by 8 = 1, and 24 divided by 8 = 3.1/3 is the simplest because you can't reduce it farther than that.
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That's the same as 8 x 3/8, which is 24/8, which is 3
24
'An eighth of' means the same as divide by. So 24 divided by 8 is 3. You can check this by calculating back the result: 3, times 8 = 24
3
8 can go into 24 3 times, right? 8 + 8 = 16, then + 8 = 24. So one 8 over three 8s is the same as 8/24 and 1/3.If that doesn't help, you could also work it out just by dividing both parts of the fraction by the same thing, in this case, 8. 8 divided by 8 = 1, and 24 divided by 8 = 3.1/3 is the simplest because you can't reduce it farther than that.
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