Question

the base of a triangle is 5/8. The height is 1/3 feet. how much greater is base of the triangle than the height?

Answer 1

Namely, how many times does 1/3 go into 5/8?  well, is their quotient,

$\bf \cfrac{\quad \frac{5}{8}\quad }{\frac{1}{3}}\implies \cfrac{5}{8}\cdot \cfrac{3}{1}\implies \cfrac{15}{8}\implies 1\frac{7}{8}$