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Sarah gave the same answer when asked to round 4 7/8 to the nearest inch and half a inch. Explain why Sarah is correct.

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when you take 4 7/8 and round it up to the next inch u round up because 7/8 is bigger than 1/2 so thats 5
u would round it up to 5 again for the nearest half inch because 7/8 is closer to 1 than 1/2 which brings it to 5
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