5/2 times what equals 4/8?

Here we will show you how to calculate "what" in this sentence: "5/2 times what equals 4/8?" We start by making this word problem into an algebraic equation where "what" is the variable "x".

(5/2) • (x) = (4/8)

To solve this equation, we want x alone on the left side of the equation so we start by dividing 5/2 on both sides like this:

((5/2) • (x)) / (5/2) = (4/8) / (5/2)

((5/2) • (x)) / (5/2) leaves x and (4/8) / (5/2) is 1/5 which means we end up with this x = 1/5. Therefore, the answer to "5/2 times what equals 4/8?" is as follows:

1/5

It is always good to double-check your math to make sure you did it right. When we entered 1/5 for x in this equation (5/2) • (x) = (4/8), we get the following true equation which means our math is correct.

(5/2) • (1/5) = (4/8)

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