Question

Round each fraction to the nearest whole, 1/2, or 0:

Answer 1

Answer:

1 2/5 = 1 1/2

7/9 = 1

4/9 = 1/2

3 5/7 = 4

Step-by-step explanation:

1. we must round 1 2/5

based on the answer choices we can determine that 1 1/2 is the most rational answer. This is because it is not only the only answer with the whole number, 1 but also 2/5 would round to 1/2.

2. We must round 7/9

This would round up to 1. This is because it is closest to the whole number, not 0 and not 1/2.

7 * 2 = 14

9 * 2 = 18

14/18 is only 4/18 away from being 1. This means that it would round up to 1.

3. we must round 4/9

This rounds to 1/2. If you multiply both side by 2:

4 * 2 = 8

9 * 2 = 18

8/18 for that to be 1/2 it would need 1/18. Thus this rounds up to 1/2.

4. We must round 3 5/7

5/7 would round up to a whole number.

3 + 1 = 4

Thus 3 5/7 = 4 when rounded to the nearest whole number.