Select the expression that will calculate many eights are in 2 bars?

Question

2 divide 8
8 divide by 2
2 divide by 1/8
8 divide by 1/2

Answer 1

To determine how many eights are in 2 bars, we can interpret "2 bars" as the number 2 and we are trying to find out how many times 8 fits into 2.

The correct mathematical expression for this would be:

2 divided by 8

This is expressed as:

\[ 2 \div 8 \]

So, the appropriate choice is:

2 divide 8.