Question

What do you add to 2 5/8 to make it 6 ?

Answer 1

To make 2 5/8 equal to 6, you need to add 3 3/8.

Step-by-step explanation:

To find out what you need to add to 2 5/8 to make it 6, you can set up a simple equation. Let x represent the amount you need to add. So the equation is 2 5/8 + x = 6. To solve for x, first convert 2 5/8 into an improper fraction, which is (8 * 2 + 5)/8 = 21/8. Now you have 21/8 + x = 6. To find x, you need to subtract 21/8 from 6, which is the same as subtracting 21/8 from 48/8 (since 6 equals 48/8).

Subtracting 21/8 from 48/8 gives you 27/8. Thus, x = 27/8, which can also be written as 3 3/8 when converted back to a mixed number.

So to make 2 5/8 equal to 6, you need to add 3 3/8.

Answer 2

To solve this, I first converted 2 5/8 into an improper fraction (2 × 8 = 16, 16 + 5 = 21) and got 21/8.
Next, you need to find the number that, when divided by 8, equals 6, and you can do this simply by multiplying 8 and 6 together to get 48.
We only have 21, so we next do 48 - 21 = 27.

Now we know that our answer is 27/8, but if you would like it as a mixed number then you just do 27 ÷ 8 = 3 (remainder 3), so as a mixed number your answer is 3 3/8.

I hope this helps!