What times 5/8 equals 3/8?

Here we will show you how to calculate "what" in this sentence: "What times 5/8 equals 3/8?" We start by making this word problem into an algebraic equation where "what" is the variable "x".

(x) • (5/8) = (3/8)

To solve this equation, we want x alone on the left side of the equation so we start by dividing 5/8 on both sides like this:

((x) • (5/8)) / (5/8) = (3/8) / (5/8)

((x) • (5/8)) / (5/8) leaves x and (3/8) / (5/8) is 3/5 which means we end up with this x = 3/5. Therefore, the answer to "What times 5/8 equals 3/8?" is as follows:

3/5

It is always good to double-check your math to make sure you did it right. When we entered 3/4 for x in this equation (x) • (5/8) = (3/8), we get the following true equation which means our math is correct.

(3/5) • (5/8) = (3/8)

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