Question

Michael placed an ant under a magnifying glass as shown. The magnifying glass magnified the size of the ant by 8 times?

1. What fraction of the magnified ant is the actual size of the ant?

Answer 1

The magnified ant is 8 times larger than the actual ant. Therefore, the actual ant is 1/8th the size of the magnified ant.

This can also be written as a fraction:

actual size of ant / magnified size of ant = 1/8