What is 5 divided by 8?

The answer to the question: What is 5 divided by 8 is as follows:

5 / 8 = 0.625

Instead of saying 5 divided by 8 equals 0.625, you could just use the division symbol, which is a slash, as we did above.

Also note that all answers in our division calculations are rounded to three decimals if necessary.

Here are some other ways to display or communicate that 5 divided by 8 equals 0.625:

5 ÷ 8 = 0.625
5 over 8 = 0.625
⁵⁄₈ = 0.625

The easiest way we found to answer the question "what 5 divided by 8 means", is to answer the question with a question: How many times does 8 go into 5?

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