Question

A blue paper clip is 1/6 inch wide. A silver paper clip is 3/8 inch wide, and a red paper clip is 1/3 inch wide. What color paper clip has the smallest width?

Answer 1

The blue paper clip has the smallest width.

Explanation:

Set them all to the same common denominator. The common denominator is 24.

`1/6 = 4/24`
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`3/8 = 9/24`
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`1/3 = 8/24`

`4/24` is the smallest fraction of the three, thus making `1/6` the smallest width.