Without dividing, do you expect five-eighths divided by one-sixteenth to be greater than or less than 1? Explain.

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anonymous · Answer

@fabsam14

Five eighths = 5/8
One-sixteenth = 1/16

When you divide any number A by any number B, then the result is less than 1 if A is lesser than B, and greater than 1 when A is greater than B.

We know that 5/8 is close to half, since 5 is close to 4 and we can write the fraction as 4/8, which equals 1/2.

We know that 1/16 is close to 0, since 1 is close to 0 and we can write the fraction as 0/16.

Therefore 5/8 is greater than 1/16. Thus we can say that the result of dividing 5/8 by 1/16 will be greater than 1.