What is 8 divided by 5?

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

8 / 5 = 1.6

Instead of saying 8 divided by 5 equals 1.6, 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 8 divided by 5 equals 1.6:

8 ÷ 5 = 1.6
8 over 5 = 1.6
⁸⁄₅ = 1.6

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

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