Question

8 wholes and one eighth divided by five sixths

Answer 1

The expression is:

`8(1)/(8)/(5)/(6)`

To divide this quantities, first we need to convert 8 and 1/8 to a fraction.

We do this as follows:

`8(1)/(8)=(8*8+1)/(8)=(64+1)/(8)=(65)/(8)`

As you can see, to make the conversion we multiply the whole number by the denomitar and add the numerator (8x8+1) and divide by the same denominator.

So the division to make is:

`(65)/(8)/(5)/(6)`

A division between two fractions is made as follows:

So applying this to our division we get:

`(65)/(8)/(5)/(6)=(65*6)/(8*5)=(390)/(40)=(39)/(4)`

The answer is: 39/4, which represented as a mixed fraction is:

`(39)/(4)=9(3)/(4)`