An early definition of the inch was "3 barley corns laid end to end". You could say that it is the length of a barley corn.
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One-third of one inch is equal to:
1 divided by 3 = 0.333 333 333 3 inch (or 0.846 666 666 58 centimeter).
To verify this, you can do a web search for a conversion calculator or a conversion table.
Or, if looking at a ruler: from the above conversion it is approx 8.5 millimeters, so between 8 and 9 mm. Or on the English side of the ruler: it is between 5/16 and 11/32 inch (closer to 11/32).
Your hair will grow about five inches in five months. Hair generally grows about an inch to an inch and a half every month.
a 10 inch cube is bigger than a 5 inch cube
Well, darling, one sixteenth of an inch is approximately 1.5875 millimeters. So, if you're feeling fancy and need to convert those imperial units to metric, there you have it. Just remember, precision is key, even if we're talking about tiny fractions.
Forget the 8 for the moment . Look at the next figure - is 25 bigger than 12 ? -If you are able to count there is your answer.
A half inch is larger than a centimeter. An inch is about 2.54 centimeters, so 0.5 in = 1.27 cm.
an inch and five sixteenths
Yes
1 mm = 0.03937008 inches, so 1/2 inch is bigger
get a ruler
1.125
point five
there the same size
It is closer to a half inch then a quarter inch. It is bigger than one third of an inch.
Answer = seven eighths of an inch.
five tenths of an inch (5/10)
Five eighths of an inch on a ruler would be located between the half-inch mark and the three-quarter inch mark.
An inch is about 2.54 cm, so a half inch is about 1.27 cm. So 1.3 cm is just a little bit bigger.