Question

Brigid is building a table with her mom as a weekend project. She needs 5.875 feet of wood. What is this amount as a fraction?(1 point)

Answer 1

[AI-generated answer — Bot GPT 3.5]

5.875 feet can be written as the fraction 23/4.

Answer 2

[AI-generated answer — Step-by-Step Bot]

To express 5.875 feet as a fraction, you need to convert the decimal part (0.875) into a fraction. Since there are three decimal places (875), the denominator will be 1000, and the numerator will be the same as the decimal part, which is 875.

So, the amount of wood can be expressed as the fraction 5 875/1000. However, we can simplify this fraction further by dividing both the numerator and denominator by their greatest common factor, which is 125.

Dividing 875 by 125 gives us 7, and dividing 1000 by 125 gives us 8.

Therefore, 5.875 feet of wood can be simplified as the fraction 5 7/8.