What is \(\frac{5}{8} \div \frac{21}{4}\)?

the answer is 0.119 you can either round the denominator (bottom number) toa c ommon number (in this case 8) and multiply the numerator with the same number (4 x 2 = 8 so 21 x2 = 42) making it 5/8 divied by 42/8 (5 divided by 42)
or you can work it out to decimals making 5/8 0.625 and 21/4 5.25 (0.625 divided by 5.25)

Answered by BananaOnYourFace | 2024-06-10

Mulitply by the reciprocal, 5/8 divided by 21/14 is the same as this:
5/8 multiplied by 14/21
The answer is 5/12.

Answered by icedraptor88 | 2024-06-10

To find 8 5 ​ divided by 4 21 ​ , first take the reciprocal of the second fraction, resulting in 21 4 ​ . Then multiply the fractions to get 168 20 ​ , which simplifies to 42 5 ​ .
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Answered by Anonymous | 2024-10-10