Question

What is the fraction is less than 5/6 and has denominator of 8?

Answer 1

Denominator is the number which appears at the bottom of fraction so the fraction we want is in the form X/8 and also less than 5/6

Lets start from changing the values of X from 1.

1/8 = 0.125 and 5/6 = 0.8333

2/8 = 0.25

3/8 = 0.375

4/8 = 0.5

5/8 = 0.625

6/8 = 0.75

7/8 = 0.875, this is greater than 5/6

So, the fractions with denominator 8 and less than 5/6 are 1/8, 2/8, 3/8, 4/8, 5/8 and 6/8