document.write( "Question 944913: Mia estimated 5/8 + 1/9 by replacing 5/8 with one and 1/9 with 0 her estimated sum was 1+0=1 explain why Mia's estimate is not accurate \n" ); document.write( "
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "take \"1%2F4\" and \"3%2F4\"; \"5%2F8\" is somewhere in between\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"1%2F4+%3C=+5%2F8+%3C=+3%2F4\", so round it to \"1%2F2\"\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"1%2F9+%3C+1%2F4\", so round it to \"0\"\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "we are estimating that \"5%2F8+%2B+1%2F9\" is approximately \r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"1%2F2+%2B+0+=+1%2F2\"
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