Question

At the beginning of a lesson, a piece of chalk is 4.875 inches long. At the end of the lesson, it is 3.125 inches long. How do you write the two amounts in expanded form using fractions?

Answer 1

`4.875 = 4 + 8/10 + 7/100 + 5/1000`
`3 .125 = 3 + 1/10 + 2/100 + 5/1000`

Explanation:

`4.875` can also be written as `4 7/8`

`3.125` can also be written as `3 1/8`