Lesson 438 - Mechanics - Punctuation - Slash

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Use a slash (/) to separate parts of fractions. 

 

Examples: 

2/3's (two thirds)

1/8 (one eighth)

Instructions: Replace the fractions in these sentences by using numbers with the slash.

1. We only need three quarters of a yard of that material.

2. That door is three sixteenths too long to fit.

3. You only get one-half of the money.

4. She was asleep one fourth of the time when she should have been working.

5. This must be within one sixty-fourth of an inch.

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Answers:

1. We only need 3/4's of a yard of that material.

2. That door is 3/16's too long to fit.

3. You only get 1/2 of the money.

4. She was asleep 1/4 of the time when she should have been working.

5. This must be within 1/64 of an inch.

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