What divided by 5/1 equals 1/8?

Here we will show you how to calculate "what" in this sentence: "What divided by 5/1 equals 1/8?" We start by making this word problem into an algebraic equation where "what" is the variable "x".

x / (5/1) = (1/8)

To solve this equation, we want x alone on the left side of the equation so we start by multiplying (5/1) on both sides like this:

(x / (5/1)) • 5/1 = (1/8) • (5/1)

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

5/8

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

(5/8) / (5/1) = (1/8)

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