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How many 3s are in 1/8?

User Brondahl
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Answer:

less than 1

Explanation:

1/8 can be translated to 0.125, multiply 0.125 by 3 to get 0.375.

What I think your assignment told you to do is calculate how many times 1/8 goes into 3 though, simply put, you just need to multiply 8 by 3 to find this result, which is 24.

User Dubbs
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There are no 3s in 1/8... 1/8= 0.125
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