Which fractions are closer to 0 than to 1? Choose all that apply. A. 15 B. 34 C. 56 D. 38 E. 13

Answer 1

Assuming there is a decimal point in front of those numbers....(making them fractions and not whole numbers)

the correct answer would be .13 .15 .34 and .38 are all closer to 0 than 1. .5 is half of 1 and these are all smaller than .5

However, if the fractions are 1/3 1/5 3/4 and 3/8, then the correct answer is 1/3, 1/5, and 3/8 are closer to 0 and 3/4 is closer to 1.

Answer 2

Hi Simar,

If I am reading your answer choices above correctly, it looks like they are all whole numbers greater than 1?

If they are decimals instead (.15, .34, .56, .38, .13), then as general rules of math: those fractions' decimals that can be rounded up to 1 contain decimal values of 0.5-0.99, whereas fractions' decimals that can be rounded down to 0 contain decimal values of 0.01-0.49.

I hope this helps!