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Whats greater 1 5/8 or 1.6

User Jharwood
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Answer:

1 5/8 is greater than 1.6.

Explanation:

Turn them into decimals so 1 5/8 is 1.625

And 1.6 is 1.6 We can conclude that 1 5/8 is greater than 1.6.

User Murkbeard
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Answer: Technically they are equal

Explanation:

unless you break it down to the decimals, they are equal because 1 5/8 is 1.625, which in the tenths is 1.6. Hundredths is 1.63, and thousandths is just 1.625. But in your 1.6, we don't have enough info to know if it could round up to 1.7 or maybe 1.67 or something like that. Hence, they are equal.

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