The reciprocal of 5/8 is 8/5.
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The answer is 2 and three eighths
2 six eighths
8/7
Quotient of the reciprocal of ten twentieths and five = Quotient of the reciprocal of 10/20 and 5 = Quotient of the reciprocal of 1/2 and 5 = Quotient of 2 and 5 = 2/5 or 0.4
2 3/4
One fourth is considerably less than five eighths. To convert fourths into eighths, you can multiply the fraction 1/4 by 2/2 and get 2/8. It should be apparent that two eighths is a lot less than five eighths. Less than half, in fact.
2.25 + 3.375 = 5.625. Five and five eighths.
Five minus 3/8 is 4 5/8
One eighth is 1/8. Two eighths (2/8) is two one eighths, that is, (1/8) + (1/8) or 2 x (1/8). So five eighths (5/8) would be five one eighths, that is, (1/8) + (1/8) + (1/8) + (1/8) + (1/8) or 5 x (1/8). There are five eighths (1/8) in five eighths (5/8).
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