What is 5 and one eighth divided by 2?

Answer 1

0.4

Answer 2

2.5

Answer 3

The answer is 2 9/16

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There are two ways to compute this fraction division.

One is to divide separately : 5/2 and (1/8) divided by two, giving 2 1/2 and 1/16

and change the 1/2 to 8/16 in order to add.

2 8/16 + 1/16 = 2 9/16

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The other way is to change the entire number to eighths: 5 1/8 = 41/8

and division by 2 yields 41/16 which can be reduced to 2 9/16

Answer 4

0.425