When 1 cup of popcorn kernels are popped, they create 5 bowls of popped corn. How many bowls of popcorn would 8 cups of kernels produce?

5/8 bowls
4 7/8 bowls
5 1/8 bowls
40 bowls

If 1 cup of popcorn kernels pops into 5 bowls of popcorn, then 8 cups of kernels would produce 5 * 8 = <<5*8=40>>40 bowls of popcorn. Therefore, the correct answer is 40 bowls.