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One reason why an inch on a ruler is cut into sixteen equal pieces is that, because an inch is so close to 1.62 = 2.56 centimetres (just 0.02 centimetres shorter) then it is visually and mathematically easy to partition the inch into sixteen equal pieces.
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How many five and three quarter inch boards does it take to equal 96 inches?
16 to 17
What percentage of an inch does 5 16ths of an inch equal?
500/16 =31.25%
Is 15 16ths the same as 1 inch?
No. If you divide an inch into 16 equal pieces, you must put all 16 back to have a whole inch. It is 1/16 inch less than a full inch.
Is 1 inch is equal to 16 cm yes or no?
NO.
How many cm are in 16 in?
40.64cm. One inch is equal to 2.54cm.
How many 16 of a inch is 5.5 mm?
One sixteenth of an inch is equal to 1/16 x 25.4 = 1.5875 millimetres. Therefore, rounded to two decimal places, 5.5 millimetres is equal to 5.5/1.5875 = 3.46 sixteenths of an inch.
How many 1 inch cubes are created when you cut a 4 inch cube into equal pieces of 1 inch cubes?
16 1-inch cubes
How many thirtyseconds per inch?
1 = 2/2 or 4/4 or 8/8 or 16/16 or 32/32. Divide your inch into 32 equal parts and each is one-thirtysecond of an inch.
What fraction of an inch is .04?
.04 inches is equal to 4/100 or 1/25 of an inch, which is less than 1/16 of an inch.
How many eighths of an inch are in two and a half inches?
8 eighths of an inch equal one inch. So 2 inches contain 16 eighths of an inch. Half of eight is four, so half an inch contains four eighths of an inch. 16 + 4 = 20 eighths of an inch.
How many sixteenths of an inch are equal to five eighths?
5/8 = 10/16
How many one fourth inch squares does it take to make a inch square?
There are 16 squares with sides of a quarter inch in one square inch.
