alleryStart learning →Eight pieces each of one fifth make a total that can be written as:
AFive eighths
BOne thirteenth
CForty wholes
DEight fifths
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: D. Eight fifths
1. Counting equal parts gives a fraction directly.
2. Each piece is one fifth of the whole.
3. You had eight pieces, each of them one fifth.
4. Altogether you had eight fifths.
_Source: OpenStax Prealgebra 2e (CC BY 4.0), Ch 4 'Fractions', sections 4.1-4.7_
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