Fraction Bar — 5/8 (five eighths) — free printable diagram

What is 5/8?

5/8 is five eighths — a bar split into 8 equal parts with 5 of them shaded. As a decimal 5/8 is 0.625, and as a percentage it is 62.5%.

Fraction

5/8

In words

five eighths

Simplest form

5/8 (already simplest)

As a decimal

0.625

As a percentage

62.5%

Shaded parts

5 of 8

Unshaded

3/8

• 5/8 means the bar is divided into 8 equal parts and five of them are shaded.
• 5 and 8 share no common factor bigger than 1, so 5/8 is already in its simplest form.
• To turn 5/8 into a decimal, divide the top by the bottom: 5 ÷ 8 = 0.625. Multiply that by 100 for the percentage, 62.5%.
• The unshaded part is 3/8, because 5/8 and 3/8 add up to one whole.