A normal carpenter's ruler marked off in sixteenths. What would be the values at each of the marks in decimal form?

Question

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Answer 1

Each 1/16 inch, in decimal form, equals 0.0625 inches.  Divide

the numerator by the denominator.

 

So......

1/16=1÷16=0.0625"

2/16=2÷16=0.1250"

...and so on.

 

Any "full inch" value is placed to left of the decimal.  

(ie. "Four-and-nine-sixteenths inches" written in 

decimal form is "4-9/16 inches = 4.5625 inches")

 

 

Answer 2

Each benchmark is 1/16.  To convert this to a decimal, we divide 1 by 16 using long division.

 

 

       0 . 0 6 2 5

     _____________

16 | 1 . 0 0                 add a zero to the dividend each time you divide.

            9 6

        _______

               4 0

               3 2

              ______

                  8 0

                  8 0

                 ____

                     0

 

The remainder is zero.  This means we can end the division process.

 

 

Each benchmark is 0.0625 units.