Savannah is making a quilt with squares that have side lengths of 15/16 foot each. Are the side lengths of the squares closer to

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riadik2000 [5.3K]

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Savannah is making a quilt with squares that have side lengths of 15/16 foot each. Are the side lengths of the squares closer to

1/2 foot or 1 foot long?

Mathematics

2 answers:

alekssr [168] · Answer 1 · 2022-11-29T06:08:30+03:00

alekssr [168]2 years ago

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Answer:

1 foot long

Step-by-step explanation:

If this fraction is closer to one it will be close to 16/16. And since 8 is half of 16, any fraction that is around 8/16 is closer to 1/2. 15 is closer 16 so this fraction is closer to one.

barxatty [35] · Answer 2 · 2022-11-29T07:48:30+03:00

barxatty [35]2 years ago

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Answer:

Closer to 1 foot

Step-by-step explanation:

1/2 in a decimal is 0.5

15/16 in a decimal is 0.9375

0.9375 is more closer to 1 than 0.5