What is 4/6 rounded to the nearest half?

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Answer 1 · 2016-11-13T12:35:38

$\frac{4}{6}$ $4/6$ rounds to $\frac{1}{2}$ $1/2$

Rounded to the nearest half, means the answer will be a multiple of $\frac{1}{2}, or 0.5$ $1/2, or 0.5$
$0," "1/2," "1," "1 1/2," "2 .....$ or:

$0," "0.5," "1," "1.5," "2," "2.5...$

To which 'half' is $4/6$ closest? Note that: $4/6 = 2/3 = 0.6666..$

$2/3$ lies between $1/2" and " 2/2$

Using common denominators:

$3/6, " "4/6," " 6/6" "rarr 4/6$ is closer to $3/6$

Using decimals:

The fraction $0.75$ is halfway between $0.5" "and " "1$

$2/3 = 0.666..." and " 0.666.." is less than" 0.75.$

$4/6 = 2/3 " rounds to " 1/2$