What plus 4 equals 5/8?

Here we will show you how to find the answer to "What plus 4 equals 5/8?" In other words, x plus 4 equals 5/8. What is x?

First, note that 4 is a number and 5/8 is a fraction. You can convert the 4 to a fraction by making 4 the numerator and 1 the denominator. Thus, here is the question "What plus 4 equals 5/8?" as a function:

x +

		4
		1

		5
		8

Next, we move the 4/1 fraction from the left side to the right side to make x alone on the left side. Don't forget that when we move it to the other side, we have to make it a negative fraction instead of a positive fraction like so:

x =

		5
		8

		4
		1

Finally, we subtract 4/1 from 5/8 to get the answer to "What plus 4 equals 5/8?"

x =

		27
		8

That's it! Now you know how to calculate "What plus 4 equals 5/8?". The answer to "What plus 4 equals 5/8?" in its simplest form is -3 3/8. You know this answer is correct because 4 plus -3 3/8 equals 5/8.

Bonus: You may also be interested to know that the answer in decimal form is -3.375 (rounded to 4 decimal places if necessary). We calculated the decimal answer by dividing the numerator of the fraction answer by the denominator of the fraction answer (-27/8).

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