Answer:
10 ÷ 16
Step-by-step explanation:
The computation is shown below
Given that
Paul required to buy 5 by 8 pound of peanuts
And, the scale at the store is in sixteenths
So, the measure that should be equivalent is
Here the denominator should be 16 so it should be multiplied by 2
= 5 ÷ 8 × 2 ÷ 2
= 10 ÷ 16
