A. Example

State the length of the object shown in the diagram.

This object is between 3 and 4 inches, so it will be 3 and some fraction. The line of interest is the tenth of sixteen between 3 and 4 inches so the fraction is which reduces to .

This means the object is in .

Alternatively, you can use the line length to determine the fraction. In decreasing order of length (from longest to shortest), the lines represent wholes, halves, quarters, eighths, and sixteenths. The line of interest is in the fourth longest group, so the length will be measured in eighths of an inch. The object lines up with the fifth line that is the same length, or longer, than the line of interest. This means the object is in .